Contrasting fluvial styles of the Paraguay River in the northwestern border of the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

Geomorphology

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 189-199

  Assine, Mario Luis ^a   Silva, Aguinaldo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Fluvial megafan; Fluvial styles; Pantanal wetland; Paraguay River

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AVULSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEVEE; MEANDER; OVERBANK FLOW; PLEISTOCENE; PROGRADATION; RIVER FLOW; WETLAND;

PANTANAL; PARAGUAY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350621356     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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