Reciprocal Relations between Riparian Vegetation, Fluvial Landforms, and Channel Processes

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-243

  Merritt, D M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel form; Channel roughness; Hydraulics; Riparian vegetation; Root strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903425211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00239-6     Document Type: Chapter

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