Scour in large braided rivers and the recognition of sequence stratigraphic boundaries [7]

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6630, 1997, Pages 275-277

  Best, James L ^a   Ashworth, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; GEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

BED SCOUR; BRAIDED RIVER; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BANGLADESH, JAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 0030621150     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387275a0     Document Type: Article

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