River Processes and Implications for Fluvial Ecogeomorphology: A European Perspective

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-52

  Rinaldi, M ^a   Wyzga, B ^b   Dufour, S ^c   Bertoldi, W ^d   Gurnell, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Channel adjustments; Channel changes; Channel patterns; Climate changes; Ecogeomorphology; Ecological processes; Europe; Human impact; Hydromorphology; Riparian vegetation; River processes; River restoration; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897869319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00321-3     Document Type: Chapter

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