Imprint of climate and climate change in alluvial riverbeds: Continental United States, 1950-2011

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 595-598

  Slater, Louise J ^a   Singer, Michael Bliss ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN CHARACTERISTICS; BASIN STRUCTURES; CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; TRANSPORT CAPACITY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

SEDIMENTS;

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL FLOW; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGRADATION; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RIVER BED; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876807349     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34070.1     Document Type: Article

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