Changes of river bed pattern of a lowland river: Effect of natural processes or anthropogenic intervention

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-320

  Slowik, Marcin ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fluvial architecture; GPR method; The Obra River

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEANDER; RIVER BED;

LUBUSKIE; OBRA RIVER; POLAND;

EID: 84865382692     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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