Fluvial Sedimentology: Implications for Riverine Ecosystems

Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 361-385

  Sambrook Smith, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bar evolution and modification; Bar formation, migration and modification origins; Flood Pulse Concept; Flood pulse concept hyporheic corridor concept; Hydraulic conductivity; Periodic submersion; River Continuum Concept; Sedimentology influence; Serial discontinuity concept; Trans scale processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889311393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470010198.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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