Avulsion frequency, avulsion duration, and interavulsion period of holocene channel belts in the rhine-meuse delta, the Netherlands

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 589-598

  Stouthamer, Esther ^a   Berendsen, Henk J A ^a  

^a Faculty of Geographical Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; AVULSION FREQUENCY; COASTAL BARRIER; FLUVIAL SEDIMENTATIONS; INCREASED DISCHARGES; INTENSITY HISTOGRAMS; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; RHINE-MEUSE DELTAS;

SEA LEVEL;

AVULSION; DELTA; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HOLOCENE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0034891662     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/112100710589     Document Type: Article

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