Valley confinement as a factor of braided river pattern for the Platte River

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 562-576

  Fotherby, Lisa M ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosed; Braided; Channel pattern continuum; Platte River; River pattern; Valley confinement

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW MODELING; MEANDER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 57549107902     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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