Time variation of probability distributions of dune-bed elevation in a large river

River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 803-812

  Leclair, S F ^a   Miller, J Z ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION AND DEPOSITION; LARGE RIVERS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MULTISCALES; TIME VARIATIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ESTUARIES; GEOMETRY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

RIVERS;

EID: 84863011449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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