Riparian land uses and precipitation influences on stream bank erosion in central Iowa

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-97

  Zaimes, George N ^a   Schultz, Richard C ^b   Isenhart, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Riparian forest buffer; Riparian land uses; Stream restoration; Streambank erosion

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION; RIPARIAN FOREST BUFFER'; RIPARIAN LAND USES; STREAM RESTORATION; STREAMBANK EROSION;

CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESTORATION; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESTORATION; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

BANK EROSION; BULK DENSITY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BANK;

BEAR CREEK; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644760434     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb03825.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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