Channel pattern and river-floodplain dynamics in forested mountain river systems

Geomorphology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 124-141

  Beechie, Timothy J ^a   Liermann, Martin ^a   Pollock, Michael M ^a   Baker, Sarah ^a   Davies, Jeremy ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Bed load transport; Channel pattern; Channel floodplain dynamics

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 33746256062     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.01.030     Document Type: Article

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