Stream channelization and swamp formation in the U.S. coastal plain

Physical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-38

  Shankman, David ^a   Smith, Larry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelization; Floodplain; U.S. Coastal Plain; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SWAMP; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 10244252733     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.25.1.22     Document Type: Article

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