The influence of vegetation and organic debris on flood-plain sediment dynamics: Case study of a low-order stream in the New Forest, England

Geomorphology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 61-80

  Jeffries, Richard ^a   Darby, Stephen E ^a   Sear, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood plain; Forest; Large woody debris; Overbank; Sediment; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FLOODPLAIN; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; OVERBANK FLOW; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037456759     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00325-2     Document Type: Article

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