Late Holocene development of a floodplain along a small meandering stream, northern Québec, Canada

Geomorphology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 267-281

  Boucher, Étienne ^a   Arseneault, Dominique ^a   Hétu, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Buried trees; Floodplain; Fluvial geomorphology; Holocene; Meandering streams; Northern Qu bec

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BOREAL FOREST; CURRENT MEANDERING; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33748906843     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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