Geomorphic evolution of the Le Sueur River, Minnesota, USA, and implications for current sediment loading

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 451, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-130

  Gran, Karen B ^a   Belmont, Patrick ^b   Day, Stephanie S ^b,c   Jennings, Carrie ^c,d   Johnson, Andrea ^a   Perg, Lesley ^b,c   Wilcock, Peter R ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

^e The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS;

DRAINAGE AREA; GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MINNESOTA , USA; MINNESOTA RIVERS; SEDIMENT LOADING; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY; WATERSHED;

LAKE PEPIN; LE SUEUR COUNTY; LE SUEUR RIVER; MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949102492     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2451(08)     Document Type: Article

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