Recent and historic sediment dynamics along Difficult Run, a suburban Virginia Piedmont stream

Geomorphology

Volumn 180-181, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-169

  Hupp, Cliff R ^a   Noe, Gregory B ^a   Schenk, Edward R ^a   Benthem, Adam J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Floodplain deposition; Legacy sediment; Sediment balance; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; PEAK DISCHARGE; PIEDMONT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; POTOMAC RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84870243408     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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