Influence of vegetation on spatial patterns of sediment deposition in deltaic islands during flood

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 236-248

  Nardin, W ^a,b   Edmonds, D A ^b   Fagherazzi, S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal geomorphology; Ecogeomorphology; River delta; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WETLANDS;

ECOGEOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER MARSHES; INFLUENCE OF VEGETATIONS; RIVER DELTAS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; SEDIMENTATION RATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DELTA; DEPOSITION; FLOOD; FLOW FIELD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE; VEGETATION COVER;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

SAGITTARIA; TYPHA;

EID: 84979462364     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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