Sorting out river channel patterns

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-326

  Kleinhans, Maarten G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Bar pattern; Floodplain sedimentation; Riparian vegetation; River channel pattern

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 77953116358     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133310365300     Document Type: Article

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