Contrasting stream stability characteristics in adjacent urban watersheds: Santa Clara Valley, California

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1281-1297

  Jordan, B A ^a   Annable, W K ^a,b   Watson, C C ^a   Sen, D ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Santa Clara Valley Water District   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel stability; Fluvial geomorphology; Sediment transport; Urbanization; Watershed analysis

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STREAM CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA CLARA VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649492289     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1333     Document Type: Article

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