Recent morphological changes in the Mekong and Bassac river channels, Mekong delta: The marked impact of river-bed mining and implications for delta destabilisation

Geomorphology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2014, Pages 177-191

  Brunier, Guillaume ^a   Anthony, Edward J ^a   Goichot, Marc ^b   Provansal, Mireille ^a   Dussouillez, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Sustainable Hydropower and River Basin Management   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Dams; Delta erosion; Mekong delta; River channel instability; Riverbed mapping; Riverbed mining

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM; DELTA; ENTRAINMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BASSAC RIVER; MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; VIET NAM;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84943600508     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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