Bank pull or bar push: What drives scroll-bar formation in meandering rivers?

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 319-322

  van de Lageweg, Wietse I ^a   van Dijk, Wout M ^a,b   Baar, Anne W ^a   Rutten, Jantien ^a   Kleinhans, Maarten G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PIPELINE BENDS; SEDIMENTS;

CHANNEL WIDENING; GRAINED SEDIMENTS; INCLINED HETEROLITHIC STRATIFICATIONS; LATERAL ACCRETIONS; LATERAL MIGRATION; MEANDERING RIVERS; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE;

RIVERS;

ACCRETION; BANK EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; RESERVOIR; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84896099139     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35192.1     Document Type: Article

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