Enhanced stage and stage variability on the lower Missouri River benchmarked by Lewis and Clark

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 977-980

  Ehlmann, Bethany L ^a   Criss, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin management; Channelization; Hydrology; Lewis and Clark; Missouri River

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CHANNELIZATION; MISSOURI RIVER;

OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS;

HYDROLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNELIZATION; HYDROLOGY; RIVER EVOLUTION; SEASONALITY; STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIP;

MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750935817     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22754A.1     Document Type: Article

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