Expanding the analytical potential of channel locational probability maps using cellular statistics

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Staley, Dennis M ^a,b   Wasklewicz, Thad A ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial river; Channel change; Instability; Locational probability; Lower Mississippi River; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL CHANGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544441386     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.886     Document Type: Article

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