Determining the migratory activity index for a river: An example from the Brazos River, Texas

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 417-428

  Gillespie, B Marcus ^a   Giardino, John R ^b  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MIGRATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; MIGRATORY ACTIVITY INDEX;

USA, TEXAS, BRAZOS RIVER;

EID: 0030433187     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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