A suburban inter-dike river reach of a large river: Modern morphological and sedimentary changes (the Bratislava reach of the Danube River, Slovakia)

Geomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 298-308

  Lehotský, Milan ^a   Novotný, Ján ^a   Szmańda, Jacek B ^b   Grešková, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bank retreat; Danube River; Floods; Geomorphic changes; Inter dike floodplain; Levees

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIKE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LEVEE; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBURBAN AREA;

DANUBE RIVER;

EID: 77649336640     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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