Effects of vegetation on braided stream pattern and dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Coulthard, Tom J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

CHANNEL PATTERNS; FLUME MODELS; PLANFORM DYNAMICS; STREAM PATTERNS;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; FLOW PATTERN; FLUME EXPERIMENT; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; VEGETATION;

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; RIVERS;

EID: 19044393977     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003201     Document Type: Article

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