Planform cyclicity in an unstable reach: Complex fluvial response to environmental change

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 989-1008

  Brewer, P A ^a   Lewin, J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Braided river; Channel morphology; Environmental change; Flow regulation; Meander; Severn River; United Kingdom; Wales

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CYCLICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOW REGULATION; MEANDER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032468380     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(1998110)23:11<989::AID-ESP917>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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