Use of floodplain sediment cores to investigate recent historical changes in overbank sedimentation rates and sediment sources in the catchment of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, UK

Catena

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-47

  Owens, Philip N ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^a   Leeks, Graham J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Floodplain sedimentation; Overbank deposits; Sediment sources; Source tracing; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033010240     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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