Streambank erosion rates and loads within a single watershed: Bridging the gap between temporal and spatial scales

Geomorphology

Volumn 209, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-78

  Palmer, Jason A ^a   Schilling, Keith E ^b   Isenhart, Thomas M ^c   Schultz, Richard C ^c   Tomer, Mark D ^d  

^a Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^b Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Erosion; Erosion pin; Sediment; Streambank

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; EROSION; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; WATERSHED;

IOWA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT CREEK;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84893733524     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.11.027     Document Type: Article

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