The influence of valley aggradation and listric normal faulting on styles of river avulsion: A case study of the Brazos River, Texas, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 429-448

  Taha, Z Patrick ^a   Anderson, John B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Normal listric faults; Valley aggradation

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; FAULTING; LISTRIC FAULT; NORMAL FAULT; VALLEY FILL;

BRAZOS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149143071     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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