Bankfull hydraulic geometry relationships and recurrence intervals for North Carolina's Coastal Plain

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 861-871

  Sweet, William V ^a   Geratz, Jens W ^a  

^a EcoScience Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankfull; Bankfull hydraulic geometry relationships; Environmental engineering; Flood frequency; Partial duration series; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; STREAM FLOW;

ECOREGION;

HYDROLOGY;

DISCHARGE RATE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RIVER ENGINEERING;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER ENGINEERING;

COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042358630     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04411.x     Document Type: Article

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