Floodplain construction in an anastomosed river

Quaternary International

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-65

  Stevaux, J C ^a   Souza, I A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEVEE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

BRAZIL; PARANA RIVER;

EID: 0344082129     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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