The storage time, age, and erosion hazard of laterally accreted sediment on the floodplain of a simulated meandering river

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1308-1319

  Bradley, D Nathan ^a   Tucker, Gregory E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AGE DETERMINATION; EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MEANDER;

EID: 84887839964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20083     Document Type: Article

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