Stream channel enlargement response to urban land cover in small coastal plain watersheds, North Carolina

Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 528-555

  O'Driscoll, Michael ^a   Soban, Jason ^b   Lecce, Scott ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Delta Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel erosion; Channel incision; Southeastern Coastal Plain; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DOWNCUTTING; GRAIN SIZE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RETENTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM CHANNEL; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949464889     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.30.6.528     Document Type: Article

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