Assessing the impact of riparian processes on streambank stability

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-369

  Langendoen, Eddy J ^a   Lowrance, R Richard ^b   Simon, Andrew ^a,b  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer model; Riparian zone; River; Streambank stability; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIPARIAN ZONES; STREAM BANKS; STREAMBANK STABILITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; REINFORCEMENT; RESTORATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BANK EROSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MODELING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BANK; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949899129     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.78     Document Type: Article

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