Root-Soil Mechanics and Interactions

Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 113-123

  Gray, Donald H ^a   Barker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Riparian plants; River channels; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940286340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/008WSA09     Document Type: Chapter

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