Geometry and grain-size characteristics of the basal surface of a braided river deposit

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-250

  Gardner, J Tobias ^a   Ashmore, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT PATCHES; BASAL SURFACE; BRAIDED RIVER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; FLUVIAL DYNAMICS; GRAIN SIZE; IMAGE TEXTURE ANALYSIS; MORPHODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; NOVEL METHODS; PHYSICAL MODEL; RIVER MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TIME-SCALES;

DEPOSITS; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 79951697858     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31639.1     Document Type: Article

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