Channel patterns: Braided, anabranching, and single-thread

Geomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 353-364

  Eaton, B C ^a   Millar, Robert G ^a   Davidson, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anabranches; Anabranching; Braided; Channel pattern; Meandering

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DATA SET; MEANDER; SLOPE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD;

EID: 77954816058     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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