Bank erosion along the dam-regulated lower Roanoke River, North Carolina

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 451, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-108

  Hupp, Cliff R ^a   Schenk, Edward R ^a   Richter, Jean M ^b   Peet, Robert K ^c   Townsend, Philip A ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BUDGET CONTROL; DAMS; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOODS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; TURBIDITY;

BANK STABILITY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; EROSION RATES; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NORTH CAROLINA; SEDIMENT BUDGETS;

RIVERS;

BANK EROSION; BATHYMETRY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; PIEDMONT; RIVER BANK; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; ROANOKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949088009     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2451(06)     Document Type: Article

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