Bankfull Regional Curves for the Inner and Outer Bluegrass Regions of Kentucky

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 391-406

  Brockman, Ruth R ^a   Agouridis, Carmen T ^a   Workman, Stephen R ^b   Ormsbee, Lindell E ^c   Fogle, Alex W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Agriculture Science Center North   (United States)

^c Civil Engineering Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology; Regional curves; Rivers streams; Stream restoration; Surface water groundwater interactions; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

BANKFULL; BANKFULL DIMENSIONS; BANKFULL DISCHARGE; BED MATERIALS; CHANNEL DIMENSION; CHANNEL SLOPE; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DRAINAGE AREA; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; KENTUCKY; MINIMAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; REGIONAL CURVES; RETURN PERIODS; RIVERS/STREAMS; STREAM BANKS; STREAM CLASSIFICATION; STREAM RESTORATION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISCHARGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GRASSLAND; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; KARST; RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM; WATERSHED;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

POA;

EID: 84859442637     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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