Historical channel movement and sediment accretion along the South Fork of the Iowa River

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Yan, Baowen ^a   Tomer, Mark D ^b   James, David E ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel straightening; Floodplain; Historical sediment; Iowa River; Post settlement alluvium; Stream meandering

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCUMULATION RATE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ERODIBILITY; FLOODPLAIN; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOIL EROSION; TILE DRAIN; WATERSHED;

IOWA; SOUTH FORK IOWA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949573610     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.1.1     Document Type: Article

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