Reconstruction of the characteristics of a natural alluvial river-floodplain system and hydromorphological changes following human modifications: The Danube River (1812-1991)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-41

  Hohensinner, S ^a   Habersack, H ^a   Jungwirth, M ^a   Zauner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alluvial floodplain; Fluvial dynamics; Historical channel change; Hydrological connectivity; River Danube; Riverine landscape

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; FLOOD PLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL ASPECT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNELIZATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1042267025     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.719     Document Type: Article

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