Braid-scale channel geometry changes in a sand-bedded river: Significance of low stages

Geomorphology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 209-221

  Kiss, Tímea ^a   Sipos, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bed formation; Channel narrowing; Flood stage; Function of braids; Low stage

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; FLOODING; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; MAROS RIVER;

EID: 33846612707     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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