The Ebro River in the 20th century or the ecomorphological transformation of a large and dynamic Mediterranean channel

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 486-498

  Magdaleno, Fernando ^a   Anastasio Fernandez J ^b   Merino, Silvia ^b  

^a Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channel change; Fluvial morphology Ebro; Fluvial territory; Mediterranean river; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; FLUVIAL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL TERRITORY; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; RIPARIAN FORESTS;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MAPPING;

RIVERS;

CARTOGRAPHY; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; MEANDER; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER SYSTEM;

FORESTS; MAPPING; PLANTATIONS; RIVERS; SPAIN;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84859423362     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2258     Document Type: Article

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