Geomorphic applications of stream-gage information

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-347

  Juracek, Kyle E ^a   Fitzpatrick, Faith A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel change; Disturbance; Fluvial geomorphology; Hydraulic geometry; Sediment transport; Stream gage

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GAUGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649432551     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1163     Document Type: Article

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