Morphology and sediment dynamics of ephemeral stream terminal distributary systems in the Kobo Basin (northern Welo, Ethiopia)

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 98-113

  Billi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributary systems; Ephemeral streams; Horizontal lamination; Sandbed channels

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EPHEMERAL STREAM; LAMINATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STREAM BED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 33847070785     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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