Channel pattern change downstream from a reservoir: An example of wandering braided rivers

Geomorphology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-158

  Jiongxin, Xu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL METAMORPHOSIS; CHANNEL PATTERN CHANGE; FLUVIAL MODEL; RESERVOIR;

CHINA;

EID: 0029729001     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-555X(95)00119-P     Document Type: Article

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