Muddy lateral accretion and low stream power in a sub-recent confined channel belt, Rhine-Meuse delta, central Netherlands

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 651-668

  Makaske, Bart ^a,b   Weerts, Henk J T ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Counterpoint accretion; Fluvial sedimentology; Inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS); Lateral accretion; Palaeodischarge; Stream power

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE-MEUSE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20644468423     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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