Holocene Avulsion History of the Lower Saskatchewan Fluvial System, Cumberland Marshes, Saskatchewan-Manitoba, Canada

Fluvial Sedimentology VI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 231-249

  Morozova, G S ^a   Smith, N D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avulsion styles; Climatic and hydrological setting; Cumberland Marshes the 'Saskatchewan Delta'; Deposition of upper complex; Holocene alluvial history of Saskatchewan River at Cumberland marshes; Holocene avulsion history and alluvial stratigraphy of lower Saskatchewan fluvial system; Holocene avulsion history of lower Saskatchewan fluvial system Cumberland Marshes, Saskatchewan Manitoba, Canada; Major controls of alluvial history; Stratigraphy and facies of holocene alluvium

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITS; FLOODS; LAKES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; WETLANDS;

ALLUVIAL HISTORY; AVULSION STYLES; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; MANITOBA , CANADA; RADIOCARBON DATES; SASKATCHEWAN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84946728086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304213.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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