Hydrology and Discharge

Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 29-44

  Wohl, Ellen E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic and barotropic climates; Channel morphology and sediment supply; Deglacial pluvial activity; Largest subsurface water repositories; Mean annual precipitation; Mid latitude low pressure troughs and local convective thunderstorms; Northward retreating ice sheet; Palaeoecological and sedimentological evidence; Peak and total discharge; Postglacial hydroclimatology and hydrology

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; DEGLACIAL; HYDRO CLIMATOLOGIES; ICE SHEET; LOW PRESSURES; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; SUBSURFACE WATERS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 84889380264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723722.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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