Identifying causes and controls of river bank erosion in a British upland catchment

Catena

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-119

  Henshaw, Alexander J ^a   Thorne, Colin R ^b   Clifford, Nicholas J ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Fluvial erosion; Magnitude and frequency; Pontbren; Process dominance; Subaerial processes

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GRAZING; HEADWATER; LIVESTOCK; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; UPLAND REGION;

PONTBREN STREAM; POWYS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84866758761     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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