Two-stage channel systems: Part 1, a practical approach for sizing agricultural ditches

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Powell, George E ^a   Ward, Andrew D ^b   Mecklenburg, Daniel E ^c   Jayakaran, Anand D ^d  

^a Brockway Engineering   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankfull; Best management practice; Drainage; Floodplain; Geomorphology

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; DRAINAGE; EXCAVATION; FLOODPLAIN; SPREADSHEET; STREAM CHANNEL; WATERSHED;

EID: 35948962423     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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