A proposed index of channel sensitivity to riparian disturbance

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 299, 2005, Pages 223-230

  Bailey, Chad E ^a   Millar, Robert G ^a   Miles, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b M Miles and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erosion; Riparian vegetation; Rivers; Stability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVEL; VEGETATION;

ALLUVIAL CHANNELS; ALLUVIAL RIVERS; CHANNEL SENSITIVITY; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; INDEX METHOD; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27544474394     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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