Controls on the size and occurrence of pools in coarse-grained forest rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 507-531

  Buffington, John M ^a   Lisle, Thomas E ^b   Woodsmith, Richard D ^c   Hilton, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow obstructions; Forest channels; Mountain drainage basins; Pool scour; Resource management; Wood debris

Indexed keywords

FORESTED CATCHMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MOUNTAIN STREAM; POOL; SCOUR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036865512     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.693     Document Type: Article

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