Bank erosion history of a mountain stream determined by means of anatomical changes in exposed tree roots over the last 100 years (Bílá Opava River - Czech Republic)

Geomorphology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 126-142

  Malik, Ireneusz ^a   Matyja, Marcin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Dendrogeomorphology; Exposed roots; Mountain stream

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; DAM; DATING METHOD; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIVER BED; ROOT; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; OPAVA RIVER;

PICEA;

EID: 45149089294     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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