Flood plain and channel dynamics of the Quinault and Queets Rivers, Washington, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 31-59

  O'Connor, Jim E ^a   Jones, Myrtle A ^a   Haluska, Tana L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel migration; Flood plains; Gravel bed rivers; Large woody debris: log jams; Olympic Peninsula; River pattern

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; WOODY DEBRIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037456685     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00324-0     Document Type: Article

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