Floodplain development based on selective preservation of sediments, Squamish River, British Columbia

Special issue : Floodplain evolution

Auteurs :
BRIERLEY, G. J.
HICKIN, E. J.
BRAKENRIDGE, G. R.
HAGEDORN, J.

Description :
In this study an elemental approach is used to characterize the fluvial sedimentology of a 20 km reach of the Squamish River in which channel planform changes progressively downvalley from braided to meandering. A model of floodplain growth based on selective preservation of bar platform sands and preferential preservation of vertically accreted deposits in proposed. This mechanism of sediment replacement occurs independent of channel planform type.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1992, vol. 4, n°. 6, p. 381-391, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 32 réf.

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier