Caesium-137 in sandy sediments of the River Loire (France): Assessment of an alluvial island evolving over the last 50 years

Geomorphology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Détriché, Sébastien ^a   Rodrigues, Stéphane ^a   Macaire, Jean Jacques ^a   Bonté, Philippe ^b   Bréhéret, Jean Gabriel ^a   Bakyono, Jean Paul ^a   Jugé, Philippe ^c  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Antenne Universitaire en Val de Vienne   (France)

Author keywords

137Cs; Alluvial island; Floods; Incision; Natural levee; Riparian vegetation; River Loire; Sands

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ISLAND; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FRANCE; LOIRE RIVER;

EID: 73849132187     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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