Influence of bank vegetation on alluvial channel patterns

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1109-1118

  Millar, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BRAIDED RIVER; GRAVEL BED STREAM; RIVER BANK; RIVER CHANNEL; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0034076083     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900346     Document Type: Article

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