Distributary channels and their impact on sediment dispersal

Marine Geology

Volumn 222-223, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 75-94

  Syvitski, James P M ^a   Kettner, Albert J ^a   Correggiari, Anna ^b   Nelson, Bruce W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deltas; Discharge; Distributary channels; Geomorphology; HydroTrend; Modeling; Sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; HYDROTREND; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS;

CHANNEL FLOW; COASTAL ZONES; DISPERSIONS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MINE FLOODING; SEDIMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 27644439894     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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