Architecture and sedimentology of an active braid bar in the Wisconsin River based on 3-D ground penetrating radar

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 432, Issue , 2007, Pages 111-131

  Mumpy, Andrew J ^a   Jol, Harry M ^b   Kean, William F ^c   Isbell, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D architecture; Aggradation; Braided river; Downstream accretion; Fluvial geomorphology; Fluvial sedimentology; GPR; Lateral accretion; Midchannel bar; Radar; Upstream accretion; Vertical accretion; Wisconsin River

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PARALLEL FLOW; RADAR; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

3D ARCHITECTURES; AGGRADATION; BRAIDED RIVER; DOWNSTREAM ACCRETION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LATERAL ACCRETIONS; UPSTREAM ACCRETION; VERTICAL ACCRETION; WISCONSIN;

RIVERS;

ACCRETION; AQUIFER; BAR; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MORPHOLOGY; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 70649093130     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2432(09)     Document Type: Article

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