What is a fluvial levee?

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Brierley, Gary J ^a   Ferguson, Rob J ^a   Woolfe, Ken J ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel; Floodplain; Fluvial; Levee; Preservation potential

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LEVEE; RIVER CHANNEL;

EID: 0031428650     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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