Fluvial fan deltas: Linking channel processes with large-scale morphodynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 26-1-26-10

  Sun, Tao ^a   Paola, Chris ^a   Parker, Gary ^a   Meakin, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Fan deltas; Fans; Rivers; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

MORPHODYNAMICS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; DELTA; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036702467     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000284     Document Type: Article

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