New pieces to the puzzle of reconstructing sediment paleofluxes from river dune deposits

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 401-404

  Leclair, Suzanne F ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross data; Dune; Morphodynamics; River; Sediment flux

Indexed keywords

DUNE-BED TOPOGRAPHY; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT PALEOFLUXES;

MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

DUNE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 33646813305     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22107.1     Document Type: Article

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