A conceptual model of depositional, rather than erosional, tidal channel development in the rapidly prograding Skagit River Delta (Washington, USA)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1824-1838

  Hood, W Gregory ^a  

^a Skagit River System Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel network evolution; River distributary; Skagit delta; Tidal channel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOGRAPHY;

CHANNEL NETWORK EVOLUTION; RIVER DISTRIBUTARY; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLOW;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL FLOW; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

DELTA; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MARSH; RIVER CHANNEL; TIDAL CHANNEL; WIND EROSION;

NORTH AMERICA; SKAGIT RIVER;

EID: 33845894961     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1381     Document Type: Article

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