A geomorphic monitoring and adaptive assessment framework to assess the effect of lowland floodplain river restoration on channel-floodplain sediment continuity

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-375

  Florsheim, Joan L ^a   Mount, J F ^a   Constantine, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive assessment; Adaptive management; Floodplain; Geomorphic monitoring; Lowland river; Restoration; Sediment continuity

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 33645315494     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.911     Document Type: Article

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