Morphology and channel evolution of small streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-421

  Leigh, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Channel width; Hydraulic geometry; Stream morphology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION RATE; FLOODPLAIN; HEADWATER; PARTICLE SIZE; STREAM CHANNEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650492339     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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