Tributaries and the Management of Main-Stem Geomorphology

River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 243-270

  Liébault, Frédéric ^a   Piégay, Hervé ^b   Frey, Philippe ^a   Landon, Norbert ^c  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

Author keywords

Channel narrowing prediction in tributary catchments; Dr me River and tributaries study; Dr me's sediment budget tributaries role; Geomorphological impact and tributaries management; Geomorphological impact assessment conceptual framework; River channel sustainable management; Tributaries and main stem geomorphology management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849126107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470760383.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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