Fluvial geomorphic features of the Lower Mississippi alluvial valley

Engineering Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 139-165

  Smith, Lawson M ^a  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; DELTAIC PLAINS; FLUVIAL ENVIRONMENTS; MEANDER BELTS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL VALLEY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESEARCH; RIVER REGIME;

USA, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (LOWER);

EID: 0030391715     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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