Temporal variability of contemporary floodplain sedimentation in the Rhine-Meuse Delta, the Netherlands

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 595-609

  Asselman, Nathalie E M ^a   Middelkoop, Hans ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0031760768     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199807)23:7<595::AID-ESP869>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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