Determining lateral migration rates of meandering rivers using fallout radionuclides

Geomorphology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 364-369

  Black, E ^a   Renshaw, C E ^a   Magilligan, F J ^a   Kaste, J M ^b   Dade, W B ^a   Landis, J D ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Lateral migration; Meanders; Radionuclides; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FALLOUT; FLOODPLAIN; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEANDER; MIGRATION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTATION;

CONNECTICUT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956883756     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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