Channel responses to urbanization: Scull and mud creeks in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Physical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-260

  Keen Zebert, Amanda ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Geomorphic effects of urbanization; Stream channel adjustment; Urban stream channels

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION;

ARKANSAS; FAYETTEVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049173989     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.28.3.249     Document Type: Article

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