The occurrence of obtuse junction angles and changes in channel width below tributaries along the Mekong River, south-east Asia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1563-1576

  Hackney, Christopher ^a   Carling, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel width; Confluences; Mekong River; Tributary junction angle

Indexed keywords

CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CHANNEL WIDTHS; COMPLEX FACTORS; CONFLUENCES; DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; IN-CHANNELS; LARGE RIVERS; LARGE SYSTEM; MEKONG RIVER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPATIAL SCALE; TRIBUTARY JUNCTION ANGLE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

RIVERS;

BEDROCK; CONFLUENCE; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW; TRIBUTARY;

MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 80052639119     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2165     Document Type: Article

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