Hydrogeomorphic Effects of Reservoirs, Dams, and Diversions

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-114

  Petts, G ^a   Gurnell, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel change; Channel degradation; Channel narrowing; Channel styles; Dam removal; Dams; Diversions; Flood regulation; Flow regimes; Reservoirs; Riparian vegetation; Sediment fluxes; Siltation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903431520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00345-6     Document Type: Chapter

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