Determination of bank erodibility for natural and anthropogenic bank materials using a model of lateral migration and observed erosion along the Willamette River, Oregon, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 631-649

  Wallick, Jennifer Rose ^a   Lancaster, Stephen T ^b   Bolte, John P ^c  

^a DHI Inc   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Bank materials; Meander migration; Willamette River

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; ERODIBILITY; FLOODPLAIN; MEANDER; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE RIVER;

EID: 33746487861     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.925     Document Type: Article

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