Response of river-dominated delta channel networks to permanent changes in river discharge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Edmonds, Doug ^b   Slingerland, Rudy ^d   Best, Jim ^a   Parsons, Dan ^c   Smith, Norm ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; IN-CHANNELS; INITIAL VALUES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER SURFACE;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE;

EID: 77954414502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043269     Document Type: Article

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