Characterizing large river history with shallow geophysics: Middle Yukon River, Yukon Territory and Alaska

Geomorphology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 391-406

  Froese, Duane G ^a   Smith, Derald G ^b   Clement, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERGI; Fluvial; GPR; Grade; Sediment mass balance; Shallow geophysics; Yukon River

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MASS BALANCE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUKON RIVER;

EID: 17444390433     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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