Quantitative analogue flume-model study of river-shelf systems: Principles and verification exemplified by the late Quaternary Colorado river-delta evolution

Basin Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-268

  Van Heijst, M W I M ^a   Postma, G ^a   Meijer, X D ^a   Snow, J N ^b   Anderson, J B ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DELTA; FLUME EXPERIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

COLORADO RIVER; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034830858     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2001.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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