Recent sedimentation patterns within the central Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-140

  Hupp, Cliff R ^a   Demas, Charles R ^a   Kroes, Daniel E ^a   Day, Richard H ^a   Doyle, Thomas W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain connectivity; Forested wetlands; Hydroperiod; Sediment trapping

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROPERIOD; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; WETLAND;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949099507     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/06-132.1     Document Type: Article

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