A contemporary appraisal of some key Fiskian concepts with emphasis on Holocene meander belt formation and morphology

Engineering Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 67-86

  Saucier, Roger T ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CHANNEL FLOW; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; RIVER CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ARCHEOLOGY; MEANDER BELT FORMATION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; FISK, H.N.; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE RIVER; LITHOLOGY; MEANDER BELT FORMATION; MORPHOLOGY; RIVER; RIVER ENGINEERING;

USA, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (LOWER);

EID: 0030392719     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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