Investigating spatial patterns of medium-term overbank sedimentation on floodplains: A combined numerical modelling and radiocaesium-based approach

Geomorphology

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 133-150

  Nicholas, A P ^a   Walling, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Floodplain sedimentation; Numerical modelling; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008088672     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(96)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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