Managing stream morphology with check dams

Check Dams, Morphological Adjustments and Erosion Control in Torrential Streams

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 135-149

  Wohl, Ellen ^a   Chin, Anne ^b   Haltiner, Jeffrey P ^c   Mathias Kondolf, G ^d  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Philip Williams & Associates Ltd   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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