Accelerated overbank accumulation after nineteenth century river regulation works: A case study on the Maros River, Hungary

Geomorphology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 191-202

  Kiss, Tímea ^a   Oroszi, Viktor Gy ^a   Sipos, György ^a   Fiala, Károly ^b   Benyhe, Balázs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Accelerated accumulation; DTM; Invasive plant species; Overbank sedimentation; Regulated floodplain

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EMBANKMENT; FLOODPLAIN; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEANDER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OVERBANK FLOW; PLANT; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

HUNGARY; MURES RIVER;

EID: 80053582145     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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