Side-valley tributary fans in high-energy river floodplain environments: Sediment sources and depositional processes, Navarro River basin, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 923-937

  Florsheim, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Fan; Floodplains; Pacific Northwest; Rivers; Tributary

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAINS; HIGH ENERGY FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; INTERLAYERING; TRIBUTARIES;

DEPOSITION; GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; SAND; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALLUVIAL FAN; FLOODPLAIN; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION; TRIBUTARY;

CALIFORNIA; NAVARRO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543098042     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25394.1     Document Type: Article

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