A new model to analyse the impact of woody riparian vegetation on the geotechnical stability of riverbanks

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2185-2198

  Van de Wiel, Marco J ^a   Darby, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Geotechnical; Root reinforcement; Stability analysis; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY FACTOR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY; VEGETATION;

BANK EROSION; GEOTECHNICAL STABILITY; WOODY RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

BANK PROTECTION;

BANK PROTECTION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY FACTOR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY; VEGETATION;

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 37449021848     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1522     Document Type: Article

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