Human-induced stream channel abandonment/capture and filling of floodplain channels within the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana

Geomorphology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-156

  Kroes, Daniel E ^a   Kraemer, Thomas F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access channel; Flow capture; Hydraulic damming; Induced channel abandonment

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; STREAM CHANNEL; SWAMP;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884974672     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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