Scale-dependent effects of bank vegetation on channel processes: Field data, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and restoration design

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 194, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-165

  Bledsoe, Brian P ^a   Carney, Shaun K ^a,b   Anderson, Russell J ^a,c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c Morrison Maierle Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84899810213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GM000959     Document Type: Article

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