What is the Relative Effect of Space and Time to Explain the Braided River Width and Island Patterns at a Regional Scale?

River Research and Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Belletti, B ^a,c   Dufour, S ^b   Piegay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphological behaviour; Braided riverscape evolution; Flood history; Geographical context; Sediment regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921433593     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2714     Document Type: Article

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