Anabranching rivers: their cause, character and classification

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

NANSON, G.C.

School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australie

Description :
The objectives of this paper are: to examine and describe the range of conditions in which anabranching systems form; to group this wide variety of anabranching systems into different types; and finally to explain why, in a wide range of environmental settings, some rivers form anabranches.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 1996, vol. 21, n°. 3, p. 217-239, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 81 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley

Langue :
Anglais