Ecoregions and stream morphology in eastern Oklahoma

Geomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 117-128

  Splinter, Dale K ^a   Dauwalter, Daniel C ^b   Marston, Richard A ^c   Fisher, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecoregions; Fluvial geomorphology; Oklahoma; Streams

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOREGION; HOMOGENEITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER BANK; STREAM CHANNEL;

ARKANSAS; BOSTON MOUNTAINS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955271309     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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