A conceptual model for the longitudinal distribution of wood in mountain streams

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-344

  Wohl, Ellen ^a   Jaeger, Kristin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Colorado Front Range; Large woody debris; Mountain streams; Spatial distribution; Wood jams

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL LENGTH; CHANNEL PARAMETER; CHANNEL WIDTHS; COLORADO FRONT RANGE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DRAINAGE AREA; HEADWATER STREAM; LARGE WOODY DEBRIS; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RIPARIAN ZONES; SCALE CONTROL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM POWER; STREAM SEGMENTS; STUDY AREAS; WOOD LOAD;

DEBRIS; FAULT DETECTION; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

WOOD;

CHANNEL FLOW; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEADWATER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEFECTS; FIBER DEBRIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOUNTAINS; STREAM FLOW; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149127352     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1722     Document Type: Article

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