Floodplain sedimentation rates, soil properties and recent flood history in southern Québec

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 76-91

  Saint Laurent, D ^a   Lavoie, L ^b   Drouin, A ^a   St Laurent, J ^c   Ghaleb, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b GDG Environnement Inc   (Canada)

^c Progestech Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

floodplain sedimentation; floodplain soils; floods; radiocarbon and 210Pb dating

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77049113712     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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