Morphological changes of the Lower Mississippi River: Geomorphological response to engineering intervention

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1107-1131

  Harmar, Oliver P ^a   Clifford, Nicholas J ^a   Thorne, Colin R ^a   Biedenharn, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial dynamics; Lower Mississippi River; Morphological response

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER ENGINEERING;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29744466877     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.887     Document Type: Article

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