Effects of geomorphic setting and urbanization on wood, pools, sediment storage, and bank erosion in puget sound streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 972-986

  Segura, Catalina ^a,c   Booth, Derek B ^b,c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stillwater Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Near riparian zone, erosion; Riparian vegetation; Rivers streams; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BED MORPHOLOGY; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNEL RESPONSE; CONTROL CHANNELS; DATA SETS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LARGE WOODY DEBRIS; PUGET SOUND; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONES; RIVERS/STREAMS; SEDIMENT STORAGE; STABILIZING STRUCTURE; URBANIZATION; WASHINGTON;

DEBRIS; DRILLING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION;

EROSION;

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DATA SET; EROSION CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POOL; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMWATER; URBANIZATION; WOOD; WOODY DEBRIS;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77957101716     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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