Local scouring and morphological adjustments in steep channels with check-dam sequences

Geomorphology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 97-109

  Lenzi, Mario A ^a   Comiti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boulder check dams; Italian Alps; Morphological adjustments; Mountain rivers; Scouring; Step pool

Indexed keywords

DAM; FLOW REGULATION; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER ENGINEERING; SCORING;

BOULDER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM; FLOW REGULATION; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; SCOUR;

ITALY; MASO DI SPINELLE RIVER; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 0141941531     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00134-X     Document Type: Article

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