Channel morphology evolution and overbank flow in the Georgia Piedmont

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-290

  Ruhlman, Melanie B ^a   Nutter, Wade L ^b  

^a Nutter Overcash and Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated erosion and sedimentation; Channel morphology; Floodplain; Fluvial geomorphology; Historic land use; Hydrologic function; Overbank flow; Riverine wetlands; Southeast Piedmont; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; WETLANDS;

FLOODPLAINS; MANNING'S EQUATION; OVERBANK FLOW; RIVERINE WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; OVERBANK FLOW;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032911018     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb03589.x     Document Type: Article

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