Depositional processes and sediment supply in resistant-boundary channels: Examples from two case studies

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 107, Issue , 1998, Pages 105-131

  Cenderelli, Daniel A ^a   Cluer, Brian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 78449232564     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM107p0105     Document Type: Chapter

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