Channel stability and sediment source assessment in streams draining a Piedmont watershed in Georgia, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1243-1253

  Mukundan, Rajith ^a   Radcliffe, David E ^a   Ritchie, Jerry C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel stability; Stream channel erosion; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL STABILITY; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOREGIONS; GEORGIA; RAPID GEOMORPHIC ASSESSMENTS; REFERENCE CONDITION; REMEDIATION MEASURES; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; STREAM CHANNEL EROSION; STREAM CHANNELS; STREAMS DRAINING; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; DEGRADATION; EROSION; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABILITY; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

AGGRADATION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DRAINAGE BASIN; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT YIELD; STREAM CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED;

GEORGIA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953268760     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7890     Document Type: Article

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