Impacts of recurring ice jams on channel geometry and geomorphology in a small high-boreal watershed

Geomorphology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 273-281

  Boucher, Étienne ^a   Bégin, Yves ^b   Arseneault, Dominique ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Fluvial geomorphology; High boreal; Hydraulic geometry; Ice jams; Ice scars

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; HYDRAULICS; ICE; RIVER CHANNEL; SCOUR; WATERSHED;

EID: 67349085723     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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