Developing a new stream metric for comparing stream function using a bank-floodplain sediment budget: A case study of three Piedmont streams

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 771-784

  Schenk, Edward R ^a   Hupp, Cliff R ^a   Gellis, Allen ^a   Noe, Greg ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Contingency; Floodplain trapping factor; Legacy sediment; Rivers streams; Sediment budget

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CONTINGENCY; FLOOD PLAINS; RIVERS/STREAMS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BUDGET CONTROL; EROSION; FLOODS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PARAMETERIZATION; PROVENANCE; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; TRIBUTARY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879218972     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3314     Document Type: Article

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