Effects of anthropogenic activities on the Lower Sakarya River

Catena

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-181

  Isik, Sabahattin ^a   Dogan, Emrah ^b   Kalin, Latif ^c   Sasal, Mustafa ^d   Agiralioglu, Necati ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Effects of dams; Human activities; River bed incision; River flow; Sakarya River; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM CHANNEL;

EURASIA; SAKARYA RIVER; TURKEY;

EID: 52149100569     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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