The role of vegetation and bed-level fluctuations in the process of channel narrowing

Geomorphology

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 341-351

  Friedman, Jonathan M ^a   Osterkamp, W R ^b   Lewis Jr , William M ^c  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED LEVEL FLUCTUATION; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CHANNEL NARROWING; VEGETATION;

USA, COLORADO, PLUM CREEK;

EID: 0030456036     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-555X(95)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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