Bed coarsening, riffle shortening, and channel enlargement in urbanizing watersheds, northern Kentucky, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-126

  Hawley, Robert J ^a   MacMannis, Katherine R ^a   Wooten, Matthew S ^b  

^a Sustainable Streams   (United States)

^b Sanitation District No 1 of Northern Kentucky ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Channel evolution; Fluvial geomorphic dynamics; Headcut migration; Riffle pool sequences; Stream degradation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW STABILITY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIFFLE; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMWATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885070077     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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