Modelling the distribution of enhanced soil shear strength beneath riparian trees of south-eastern Australia

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 921-934

  Docker, B B ^a   Hubble, T C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earth reinforcement; River bank stabilisation; Root cohesion; Root system architecture

Indexed keywords

CASUARINA GLAUCA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; EARTH REINFORCEMENT; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; MATURE TREES; NEAR SURFACES; POTENTIAL SLIP SURFACES; RIPARIAN TREES; RIVER BANK STABILISATION; ROOT AREAS; ROOT COHESION; ROOT DISTRIBUTIONS; ROOT MATERIALS; ROOT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; SOIL SHEAR STRENGTHS; TREE STEMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; VERTICAL VARIATIONS;

ADHESION; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRESSURE EFFECTS; REINFORCEMENT; RIVERS; SOILS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

COHESION; EVERGREEN TREE; LEGUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANK; ROOT SYSTEM; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRENGTH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACACIA; AUSTRALIA; EUCALYPTUS; ROOTING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS AMPLIFOLIA; EUCALYPTUS ELATA;

EID: 64649085433     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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