In-channel woody vegetation controls on sedimentary processes and the sedimentary record within alluvial environments: A modern example of an anabranch of the River Loire, France

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-242

  Rodrigues, S ^a   Breheret J G ^a   Macaire, J J ^a   Greulich, S ^a   Villar, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Bar formation; Flow velocity; Mid channel island; River Loire; Secondary channels; Sediment budgets; Sediment dynamics; Small scale processes; Woody vegetation

Indexed keywords

BAR; BEDLOAD; DEPOSITION; FLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; PIONEER SPECIES; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT BUDGET; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LOIRE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 33846318573     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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