The potential of in-channel large woody debris in transforming discharge hydrographs in headwater areas (Ore Mountains, Southeastern Germany)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Wenzel, Robert ^a   Reinhardt Imjela, Christian ^a   Schulte, Achim ^a   Bölscher, Jens ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exceedance time; Field experiments; Flood water retention; Flow attenuation; Flow volume; Large woody debris

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; RUNOFF;

EXCEEDANCE TIME; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOOD WATER RETENTION; FLOW ATTENUATION; FLOW VOLUMES; LARGE WOODY DEBRIS;

FLOODS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE; FLOOD WAVE; FLOODING; HYDROGRAPH; PEAK DISCHARGE; WATER RETENTION; WOODY DEBRIS; HEADWATER; ROUGHNESS; RUNOFF;

ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; GERMANY;

EID: 84905406742     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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