The influence of floodplain morphology and river works on spatial patterns of overbank deposition

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-75

  Thonon, I ^a   Middelkoop, H ^a   van der Perk, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Floodplain topography; Human impact; River Rhine; Sedimentation; Spatial variability; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; ORGANIC MATTER; OVERBANK FLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER; WAAL RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248358196     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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