Controls on overbank deposition in the Upper Mississippi River

Geomorphology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 271-290

  Benedetti, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Mississippi River; Overbank sediments; Sedimentation rates; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348165911     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00156-9     Document Type: Article

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