Large-scale fluvial grade as a nonequilibrium state in linked depositional systems: Theory and experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Muto, Tetsuji ^a   Swenson, John B ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DEGRADATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 33645231921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000284     Document Type: Article

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