Predicting delta avulsions: Implications for coastal wetland restoration

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 759-762

  Edmonds, Douglas A ^a   Hoyal, David C J D ^b   Sheets, Ben A ^c   Slingerland, Rudy L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED SHEAR STRESSS; CHANNEL NETWORK; COASTAL WETLANDS; CRITICAL SIZE; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; OVERBANK FLOW; PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS; RIVER DELTAS; TIME DEPENDENT FAILURE;

LEVEES; RIVERS; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

WETLANDS;

AGGRADATION; AVULSION; BOTTOM STRESS; COASTAL WETLAND; DELTA; LEVEE; OVERBANK FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 69649107438     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25743A.1     Document Type: Article

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