Geomorphic controls and transition zones in the lower Sabine River

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2424-2437

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary coincidence analysis; Coastal plain river; Fluvial transition zones; Geomorphic controls; Sabine River

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ZONES; DAMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EARTH SCIENCES; FLOW PATTERNS; GRADIENT METHODS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MULTIPLE ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WATER; WATER LEVELS;

BACKWATER EFFECTS; BOUNDARY COINCIDENCE ANALYSIS; COASTAL PLAIN RIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL TRANSITION ZONES; GEOMORPHIC CONTROLS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; INSTREAM FLOWS; LOUISIANA; MULTI CHANNELS; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; OVERBANK FLOWS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RIVER VALLEYS; SABINE RIVER; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SENSITIVE ZONES; SURFICIAL GEOLOGY; TRANSITION ZONES; VALLEY WIDTH;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEANDER; STREAMFLOW; TRANSITION ZONE;

NORTH AMERICA; SABINE RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48649098162     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6835     Document Type: Article

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