River channel response to climate- and human-induced hydrological changes: Case study on the meandering Hernád River, Hungary

Geomorphology

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-125

  Kiss, Tímea ^a   Blanka, Viktória ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Channel change; Climate change; Discharge change; Flood risk; Human interventions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS SECTION; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MORPHOMETRY; RIVER CHANNEL;

HORNAD RIVER; HUNGARY;

EID: 84866365253     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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