Influence of floodplain erosional heterogeneity on planform complexity of meandering rivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Güneralp, Ínci ^a   Rhoads, Bruce L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); EROSION;

EXTERNAL FORCING; FLOOD PLAINS; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MEANDERING RIVERS; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; PLANFORM; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE;

RIVERS;

EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEANDER; MORPHODYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79960754569     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048134     Document Type: Article

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