Flood trends and river engineering on the Mississippi River system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Pinter, Nicholas ^a   Jemberie, Abebe A ^a   Remo, Jonathan W F ^a   Heine, Reuben A ^b   Ickes, Brian S ^c,d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBANKMENTS; ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LAND USE; LEVEES; NAVIGATION;

ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURES; FLOOD-CONTROL; GEO-SPATIAL DATABASE; LAND-USE CHANGES; LEVEE CONSTRUCTIONS; MISSISSIPPI RIVERS; NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURES; RIVER ENGINEERINGS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; DIKE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; LAND USE CHANGE; LEVEE; RIVER ENGINEERING; TREND ANALYSIS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60149089843     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035987     Document Type: Article

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