Floodplain deposits, channel changes and riverbank stratigraphy of the Mekong River area at the 14th-Century city of Chiang Saen, Northern Thailand

Geomorphology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 510-523

  Wood, Spencer H ^a   Ziegler, Alan D ^b   Bundarnsin, Tharaporn ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Channel; Floodplain; Lan Na; Mekong; Stratigraphy; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BANK EROSION; BRONZE AGE; CHANNEL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCHANNEL; RIVER BANK; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 52749086048     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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