Avulsion regimes in southeast Texas rivers

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-87

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabranches; Avulsion; Channel change; Geomorphological response; Southeast Texas

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

ANABRANCHES; AVULSION; CHANNEL CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOUTHEAST TEXAS;

RIVERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AVULSION; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELD SURVEY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RIVER ENGINEERING; VALLEY FILL;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63049123115     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1692     Document Type: Article

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