Oscillations in arid alluvial-channel geometry

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 713-716

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a   DeLong, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Arroyo; Channel geometry; Instability; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL-CHANNEL GEOMETRY; PIEDMONTS; ARIZONA; ARROYO; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; OSCILLATING PATTERN; OSCILLATION WAVELENGTH; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMA STABILITY;

GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITION; EROSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER CHANNEL; DATABASE; GEOMETRY; INSTABILITY; STREAM; VALLEY; WAVELENGTH;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344609128     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20512.1     Document Type: Article

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