Ontogeny of a flood plain

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-303

  Moody, John A ^a   Pizzuto, James E ^b   Meade, Robert H ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FLOODS; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACTIVE CHANNELS; BANKFULL DISCHARGE; MEANDERING RIVERS; PERIODIC CHANNELS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SAND AND GRAVELS; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; ONTOGENY;

MONTANA; POWDER RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879881418     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0291:OOAFP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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