Morphological dynamics of upland headwater streams in the southern North Island of New Zealand

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-32

  Schwendel, Arved C ^a   Fuller, Ian C ^a   Death, Russell G ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bedload; DEM; Gravel bed river; Morphological budget; Sediment transfer; Stream bed stability

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HEADWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UPLAND REGION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 77952707661     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2010.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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