Destabilization of streambanks by removal of invasive species in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-374

  Pollen Bankhead, Natasha ^a   Simon, Andrew ^a   Jaeger, Kristin ^b   Wohl, Ellen ^b  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest; Invasive species; Riparian vegetation; Streambank stability; Tamarisk

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CANYON; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COHESION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODELING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; TAMARICACEAE;

EID: 56249110921     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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