Prediction of stream channel erosion potential

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-351

  Allen, Peter M ^a   Arnold, Jeff ^b   Jakubowski, Ed ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Soil mechanics; Stream channels

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; EROSION; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER EROSION;

EID: 0033496169     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.v.3.339     Document Type: Article

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