Alluvial deposits of a mud-dominated stream: The Red River, Manitoba, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-458

  Brooks, Gregory R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Large scale rotational failures; Mud dominated river; Oblique accretion deposits; Overbank deposits; Silt alluvium

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENTATION; SILT;

CANADA; MANITOBA; RED RIVER;

EID: 0038164728     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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