Modeling fluvial response to in-stream woody vegetation: Implications for stream corridor restoration

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 890-909

  Bennett, Sean J ^a   Wu, Weiming ^b   Alonso, Carlos V ^c   Wang, Sam S Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b The University of Mississippi   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical model; Physical model; Riparian vegetation; River meandering; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

BANK PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

BANK STABILIZATION; FROUDE-SCALED FLUME ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL MODEL; RIVER RESTORATION;

RIVERS;

BANK PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESTORATION; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

EID: 44449098718     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1581     Document Type: Article

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