Multi-thread rivers in the Polish Carpathians: Occurrence, decline and possibilities of restoration

Quaternary International

Volumn 415, Issue , 2016, Pages 344-356

  Wyżga, Bartłomiej ^a   Zawiejska, Joanna ^b   Hajdukiewicz, Hanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Braided river; Channelization; Forest cover; Human impact; River restoration; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNELIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOREST COVER; HOLOCENE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84930729611     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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