Evaluating channel-forming discharges: A study of large rivers in Ohio

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-46

  Powell, G E ^a   Mecklenburg, D ^b   Ward, A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective and bankfull discharge; Recurrence interval; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE AND BANKFULL DISCHARGE; GEOMORPHIC WORK; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE; GAGES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

RIVERS;

CHANNELIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645456799     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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