A geostatistical framework for quantifying the reach-scale spatial structure of river morphology: 2. Application to restored and natural channels

Geomorphology

Volumn 205, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-101

  Legleiter, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphic complexity; Geostatistics; River morphology; Variogram

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COMPLEXITY; DEPOSITION; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAM CHANNEL; TOPOGRAPHY; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 84887627485     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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