Variations in natural levee morphology in anastomosed channel flood plain complexes

Geomorphology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 127-142

  Adams, Peter N ^a   Slingerland, Rudy L ^b   Smith, Norman D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosing streams; Columbia River; Levees; Saskatchewan River; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LEVEE;

CANADA; COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

EID: 2942532320     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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