Pool-Riffle Morphology in an Actively Migrating Alluvial Channel: The Lower Mississippi River

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 154-169

  Hudson, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower Mississippi River; Meandering rivers; Pool riffle morphology

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038384667     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.2.154     Document Type: Article

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