Enhanced application of root-reinforcement algorithms for bank-stability modeling

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-480

  Pollen Bankhead, Natasha ^a   Simon, Andrew ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank stability modeling; Riparian vegetation; Root reinforcement

Indexed keywords

BANK STABILITY; BANK STABILITY MODELING; EROSION MODELS; FAILURE PLANE; FIELD DATA; GROWTH CURVES; GROWTH PHASE; HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; NEAR-SURFACE; NON-LINEAR; ON-STREAM; PLANT ROOTS; REINFORCEMENT ALGORITHMS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ROOT NUMBER; ROOT REINFORCEMENT; ROOTING DENSITY; ROOTING ZONES; SHEAR PLANE; SIGMOIDAL CURVES; SMALL VARIATIONS; SOIL MATRICES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STREAM BANKS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES; TREE GROWTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WILLOW TREES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); SOILS; STABILITY; STRESSES; VEGETATION;

REINFORCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; MODELING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANK; RIVER ENGINEERING; ROOT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 66149088860     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1690     Document Type: Article

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