How do big rivers come to be different?

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 84-107

  Ashworth, Philip J ^a   Lewin, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial exchange; Channel patterns; Floodplains; Large rivers

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTATION; TRIBUTARY;

EID: 84864823122     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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