Railroads, roads and lateral disconnection in the river landscapes of the continental United States

Geomorphology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 212-227

  Blanton, Paul ^a   Marcus, W Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Fluvial geomorphology; Landscape ecology; Lateral connectivity; Railroads; Roads

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DATA SET; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RAILWAY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69749120460     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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