Steep Headwater Channels

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 528-549

  Church, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascade; Headwaters; Low order channels; Steep channels; Step ; pool

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903414753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00253-0     Document Type: Chapter

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