The role of riparian trees in maintaining riverbank stability: A review of Australian experience and practice

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-304

  Hubble, T C T ^a   Docker, B B ^a   Rutherfurd, I D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypts; Riverbank stability analysis; Root Area Ratio; Root reinforcement; Rooting depth; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL STREAMS; DRY SPELLS; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; EUCALYPTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; MASS FAILURES; PULL-OUT; RATIO METHOD; RE-ESTABLISHING; REINFORCED SOIL; RIPARIAN FORESTS; RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN TREES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVERBANK EROSION; ROOT DIAMETERS; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT TENSILE STRENGTH; ROOT-AREA-RATIO; ROOTING DEPTHS; SHEAR PLANE; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SIMPLE ROOT; SOIL MASS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED SOIL; STREAMBEDS; TREE ROOT; TREE SPECIES; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; REFORESTATION; REINFORCEMENT; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VEGETATION;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BANK EROSION; EROSION CONTROL; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANK; ROOTING; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STREAM BED; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOODY PLANT;

AQUIFERS; EUCALYPTUS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; REINFORCEMENT; ROOTS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 76349115824     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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