Assessing the effect of vegetation-related bank strength on channel morphology and stability in gravel-bed streams using numerical models

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 712-724

  Eaton, Brett C ^a   Giles, Tim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Channel stability; Gravel bed streams; Numerical models; Vegetation related bank strength

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL STREAMS; BANK STRENGTH; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNEL SLOPE; CHANNEL STABILITY; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; EFFECTIVE COHESION; ENDMEMBERS; FLOOD-PLAINS; FOREST FIRES; GRAVEL-BED STREAMS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; LATERAL MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; ROOTING DEPTHS; S-DIAGRAM; SCALE EFFECTS; SMALL STREAMS; STATE SPACE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEFORESTATION; GRAVEL; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

VEGETATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDRAULICS; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER BANK; VEGETATION;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 66149099705     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1768     Document Type: Article

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