The importance of erosion in distributary channel network growth, Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-34

  Shaw, John B ^a,b   Mohrig, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COASTAL LOUISIANA; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MODULATED CURRENT; SECONDARY CHANNELS; SUBAQUEOUS DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

LAKES; SAND; STREAM FLOW;

EROSION;

EROSION; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; TRIBUTARY; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DELTA; KINEMATICS; PROGRADATION;

ATCHAFALAYA DELTA; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES; WAX LAKE DELTA;

ANAS STREPERA;

EID: 84891667469     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34751.1     Document Type: Article

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