Assessment of the geomorphic effects of large floods using streamgage data: The 1951 floods in eastern Kansas, USA

Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-77

  Bowen, Mark ^a   Juracek, Kyle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

1951 floods; channel change; channel recovery; channel width; channel bed elevation; geomorphic effect; Kansas; streamgage

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISCHARGE; FLOODING; STREAM CHANNEL;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952551273     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.32.1.52     Document Type: Article

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