Morphology of river bed scours on a delta plain revealed by interferometric sonar

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 58-68

  Eilertsen, Raymond S ^a   Hansen, Louise ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Delta plain; Lake yeren; Norway; River; Scours

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DELTA; INTERFEROMETRY; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; SCOUR; SONAR;

EID: 37249058939     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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