Floodplain Stabilization by Woody Riparian Vegetation During an Extreme Flood

Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 221-236

  Griffin, Eleanor R ^a   Smith, J Dungan ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Riparian plants; River channels; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940288348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/008WSA16     Document Type: Chapter

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