Vegetation-controlled modern anastomosing system of the upper Narew River (NE Poland) and its sediments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 253-276

  Gradziński, Ryszard ^a   Baryła, Janusz ^a   Doktor, Marek ^a   Gmur, Dariusz ^a   Gradziński, Michał ^b   Kȩdzior, Artur ^a   Paszkowski, Mariusz ^a   Soja, Roman ^c   Zieliński, Tomasz ^d   Zurek, Sławomir ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^e JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anastomosing river; Avulsion; Poland; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RIVER SYSTEM; VEGETATION;

NAREW RIVER; POLAND;

EID: 0037881946     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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