Avulsion and anastomosis in the panhandle region of the Okavango Fan, Botswana

Geomorphology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 49-65

  Smith, Norman D ^a   McCarthy, Terence S ^b   Ellery, W N ^c   Merry, Charles L ^d   Rüther, Heinz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anastomosing streams; Avulsion; Fluvial sedimentation; Neotectonics, geomorphologic effects; Okavango River; Sinuosity

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; AVULSION; FLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION; NEOTECTONICS;

BOTSWANA, OKAVANGO FAN;

EID: 0031407408     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(96)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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