A comparison of mud- and sand-dominated meanders in a downstream coarsening reach of the mixed bedrock-alluvial Klip River, eastern Free State, South Africa

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 213-226

  Marren, Philip M ^a   McCarthy, Terence S ^a   Tooth, Stephen ^b   Brandt, Dion ^a   Stacey, Glenn G ^a   Leong, Anita ^a   Spottiswoode, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Meandering; Oblique accretion; Point bar accretion; Stream power

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; MUD; RIVER CHANNEL; SAND;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; KLIP RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746255799     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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