Floodplain sedimentation and sensitivity: Summer 1993 flood, upper mississippi river valley

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 923-936

  Gomez, Basil ^a   Phillips, J D ^b   Magilligan, F J ^c   James, L A ^d  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion thresholds; Floodplains; Floods; Overbank deposition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN;

USA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

EID: 0031435235     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199710)22:10<923::AID-ESP763>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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