Relative importance of intrinsic, extrinsic, and anthropic factors in the geomorphic zonation of the Trinity River, Texas

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 807-823

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic controls; Fluvial geomorphology; Geomorphological zonation; Intrinsic controls; Trinity River

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHANNELS; ACTIVE PROCESS; ALLUVIAL RIVER; CHANNEL CHANGE; DOMINANT FACTOR; EXTRINSIC CONTROL; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOW REGIMES; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOLOGIC CONTROL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ZONATION; HINGE POINT; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; HUMAN AGENCY; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL RISE; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL ENTROPY; VALLEY WIDTH; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

ENTROPY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECTONICS; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENTROPY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; RIVER TERRACE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

TEXAS; TRINITY RIVER [TEXAS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955146070     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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