Morphology Characteristics of Southern Appalachian Wilderness Streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 762-773

  Zink, Jason M ^a   Jennings, Gregory D ^a   Alexander Price, G ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology; Fluvial processes; Forests; Hydraulic geometry; Regional curve; Rivers streams; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FORESTS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; REGIONAL CURVES; RIVERS/STREAMS;

FORESTRY; LAKES; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

CURVATURE; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RIFFLE; SLOPE; STREAM; STREAM BED; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIA; FORESTS; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; MOUNTAINS; NORTH CAROLINA; RIVERS; TENNESSEE; WATER SHEDS;

APPALACHIANS; JOYCE KILMER-SLICKROCK WILDERNESS; NORTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864511009     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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