20th Century stage trends along the mississippi river

Physical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 208-224

  Wasklewicz, Thad A ^a   Grubaugh, Jack ^a   Franklin, Scott ^a   Gruelich, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Engineered features; Hydrology; Mississippi River; River stage

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER SYSTEM; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12444273677     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.25.3.208     Document Type: Article

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