Avulsion and Crevassing in the Sandy, Braided Niobrara River: Complex Response to Base-Level Rise and Aggradation

Fluvial Sedimentology VI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 179-191

  Ethridge, F G ^a   Skelly, R L ^a,b   Bristow, C S ^c  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avulsion and crevassing in sandy, braided Niobrara river complex response to base level rise and aggradation; Avulsion and crevassing in sandy, braided river; Avulsions of lower Niobrara River initiated and developing as crevasse splays; Crevassing and avulsion in lower Niobrara River valley; History of lower Niobrara River; Processes and deposits in lower Niobrara River distributary or anabranching system

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; GROUNDWATER;

ANABRANCHING; AVULSIONS OF LOWER NIOBRARA RIVER - INITIATED AND DEVELOPING AS CREVASSE SPLAYS; BRAIDED RIVER; COMPLEX RESPONSE; RIVER VALLEY;

RIVERS;

EID: 84946730767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304213.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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