Relationships between morphological and sedimentological parameters in source-to-sink systems: A basis for predicting semi-quantitative characteristics in subsurface systems

Basin Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-387

  Sømme, Tor O ^a   Helland hansen, William ^a   Martinsen, Ole J ^b   Thurmond, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCHARGE; EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 67651024127     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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