Factors influencing bank geomorphology and erosion of the haw river, a high order river in North Carolina, since European settlement

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Macfall, Janet ^a   Robinette, Paul ^a   Welch, David ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPPING SYSTEM; DAM (BARRIER); FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH CAROLINA; RIVERS;

EID: 84907833419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110170     Document Type: Article

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