Changes in streambank erodibility and critical shear stress due to subaerial processes along a headwater stream, southwestern Virginia, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 260-273

  Wynn, T M ^a   Henderson, M B ^a   Vaughan, D H ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical shear stress; Freeze thaw cycling; Soil erodibility; Streambank erosion; Subaerial processes

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; ERODIBILITY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HEADWATER; SHEAR STRESS; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 42949138313     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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