Channel changes in largest Russian rivers: Natural and anthropogenic effects

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-191

  Alexeevsky, Nikolay I ^a   Chalov, Roman S ^a   Berkovich, Konstantin M ^a   Chalov, Sergey R ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Channel changes; human impact; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNEL CHANGE; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AMUR RIVER; LENA RIVER; NORTHERN DVINA RIVER; OB RIVER; OKA RIVER; PECHORA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOLGA RIVER;

EID: 84882286775     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2013.814660     Document Type: Article

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