Channel and floodplain change analysis over a 100-year period: Lower Yuba river, California

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1797-1825

  Ghoshal, Subhajit ^a   James, L Allan ^a   Singer, Michael B ^b,c   Aalto, Rolf ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change detection; Channel migration; DEM differencing; Floodplain morphology; Fluvial geomorphology; Hydraulic mining sediment

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; CHANNEL MIGRATION; DEM DIFFERENCING; FLOODPLAIN MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); EROSION; FLOODS; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; HYDRAULIC MINING; HYDRAULICS; MAPS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLACER MINING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

EID: 84860389955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2071797     Document Type: Article

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