Relationship between sediment supply and avulsion frequency in braided rivers

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-24

  Ashworth, Philip J ^a   Best, James L ^b   Jones, Merren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial stratigraphy; Avulsion frequency; Physical scale modeling; Sediment supply; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; AVULSION FREQUENCY;

RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTS;

AVULSION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM BED;

EID: 1142293180     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19919.1     Document Type: Article

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