Geomorphic impacts of flash flooding in a forested headwater basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 236-250

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse bed stream; Dominant discharge; Floods; Geomorphic impacts; Hungry Mother Lake; Mountainous drainage basins

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; EROSION; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BANKFULL LEVELS;

HYDROLOGY;

CHANNEL CHANGE; FLASH FLOOD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FORESTED CATCHMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037114919     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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