Erodibility of urban bedrock and alluvial channels, North Texas

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1477-1492

  Allen, Peter M ^a,b,c   Arnold, Jeffrey G ^a,b,c   Skipwith, Walter ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Halff Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel erosion zones; Erodibility methods; Erosion rates; Hydraulic geometry; Urban bedrock and alluvial channels

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; EROSION; HYDRAULICS; STREAM FLOW; WEATHERING;

ROCK BOTTOMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

BEDROCK; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; ERODIBILITY; EROSION; STREAM CHANNEL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036810035     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2002.tb04360.x     Document Type: Article

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