Reconstruction of floodplain sedimentation rates: A combination of methods to optimize estimates

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1499-1515

  Hobo, Noortje ^a,b   Makaske, Bart ^a   Middelkoop, Hans ^b   Wallinga, Jakob ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

137Cs dating; Floodplain; Heavy metals; OSL dating; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

137CS DATING; ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CAESIUM-137; DECADAL TIMESCALE; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OSL DATING; OVERBANK SEDIMENTATION; POTENTIAL ERRORS; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; RHINE RIVER; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SIZE DEPENDENT;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CESIUM; FLOOD CONTROL; HEAVY METALS; LUMINESCENCE; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTATION;

DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; LEVEE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OPTIMIZATION; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SANDBAR; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 77952282080     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1986     Document Type: Article

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