Floods and sandbars in the Grand Canyon

GSA Today

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Lucchitta, Ivo ^a   Leopold, Luna B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EROSION; SANDBAR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032804698     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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