Defining large river channel patterns: Alluvial exchange and plurality

Geomorphology

Volumn 215, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-98

  Lewin, John ^a   Ashworth, Philip J ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big rivers; Channel floodplain coupling; Classification; Fluvial geomorphology; River channel patterns; River management

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TRIBUTARY;

EID: 84899925644     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.02.024     Document Type: Article

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