Anatomy and dynamics of a floodplain, Powder River, Montana, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 16-28

  Pizzuto, James E ^a   Moody, John A ^b   Meade, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COARSENING; DEPOSITS; EMBANKMENTS; FLOODS; LEVEES; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION AND DIFFUSIONS; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; CONSTANT THICKNESS; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

RIVERS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEVEE; OVERBANK FLOW; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER DEPTH;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; POWDER RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39549093796     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.005     Document Type: Article

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