The effect of channelization on floodplain sediment deposition and subsidence along the Pocomoke River, Maryland

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 686-699

  Kroes, Daniel E ^a   Hupp, Cliff R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelization; Dendrogeomorphology; Floodplain isolation; Fluvial processes; Geomorphology; Radioisotopes; Sedimentation; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN ISOLATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FLUVIAL PROCESSES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CESIUM; FILTER BANKS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

RIVERS;

CHANNELIZATION; DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; PERFORATION; RADIONUCLIDE; STREAMFLOW; SUBSIDENCE;

MARYLAND; POCOMOKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955149628     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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