Secular sediment waves, channel bed waves, and legacy sediment

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-598

  Allan James, L ^a  

^a Geography Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDFORM; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSIENT FLOW; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957139215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00324.x     Document Type: Review

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