Controls on natural levée development in the Columbia River, British Columbia, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 905-919

  Filgueira Rivera, Manuel ^a   Smith, Norman D ^a   Slingerland, Rudy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosing river; Columbia River; Floodbasin hydraulics; Floodplain flows; Floodplain sedimentation; Natural lev e

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LEVEE; RIVER ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBIDITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250761216     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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