Channel planform and land cover changes on a mined river flood plain: Amite River, Louisiana, USA

Applied Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-54

  Mossa, Joann ^a   McLean, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel planform change; Floodplain land cover; Fluvial geomorphology; Geographic information systems; Gravel and sand mining

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; MINING; SAND AND GRAVEL;

USA, LOUISIANA, AMITE RIVER;

EID: 0030832233     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(96)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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