Nature rehabilitation by floodplain excavation: The hydraulic effect of 16 years of sedimentation and vegetation succession along the Waal River, NL

Geomorphology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 317-328

  Geerling, G W ^a,d   Kater, E ^a,d   van den Brink, C ^b,d   Baptist, M J ^c,d   Ragas, A M J ^a,d   Smits, A J M ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Centre for River Studies NCR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecogeomorphology; Ecological restoration; Floodplain sedimentation; Rhine; Softwood forest; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LEVEE; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER; WAAL RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46549088264     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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