Riverbed Digital Elevation Models As A Tool For Holistic River Management: Motueka River, Nelson, New Zealand

River Research and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 619-633

  Fuller, I C ^a   Basher, L R ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bedload; Channel degradation; Deposition; Erosion; Gravel bed river; Morphological budgeting; Sediment transfer

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HOLISTIC APPROACH; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

MOTUEKA RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

EID: 84878934484     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2555     Document Type: Article

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