Upstream and downstream controls of recent avulsions on the Taquari megafan, Pantanal, south-western Brazil

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1313-1326

  Makaske, Bart ^a   Maathuis, Ben H P ^b   Padovani, Carlos R ^c   Stolker, Chris ^d   Mosselman, Erik ^d,e   Jongman, Rob H G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Fan progradation; Fluvial megafan; Fluvial sedimentation; Taquari River

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESS; FIELD STUDIES; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL MEGAFAN; KEY PROCESS; MAJOR FACTORS; MEGAFANS; PANTANAL; PARAGUAY; PROGRADATION; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SUPERELEVATION; TAQUARI RIVER;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; REMOTE SENSING;

RIVERS;

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; BASIN; CREVASSE; FLOODPLAIN; PROGRADATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTATION;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO DO SUL; PANTANAL; PARAGUAY RIVER; TAQUARI RIVER;

EID: 84866318926     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3278     Document Type: Article

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