Geomorphic effectiveness of floods on Trotuş river channel (Romania) between 2000 and 2012

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 181-196

  Dumitriu, Dan ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Flood duration; Floods; Geomorphic effectiveness; Geomorphic impact; Specific stream power

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLOOD; HYDRAULICS; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ROMANIA; TROTUS RIVER;

EID: 84955452055     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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