Riparian reforestation and channel change: A case study of two small tributaries to Sleepers River, northeastern Vermont, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 445-459

  McBride, Maeve ^a   Hession, W Cully ^b   Rizzo, Donna M ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Conceptual model; Large woody debris; Riparian reforestation; Stream widening

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; REFORESTATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; TRIBUTARY; WOODY DEBRIS;

NORTH AMERICA; SLEEPERS RIVER; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 55049083410     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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