Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4687386 | Geomorphology | 2007 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The higher order channel of the mid-uplands is a mobile, low-sinuosity, single-thread arroyo, incised into wide muddy unstable floodplains. Fluvial processes are dominated by episodic flood-driven channel avulsion, and variability in stream energy and boundary resistance contributes to a non-equilibrium fluvial style. Frequent reach-scale channel relocation is accompanied by the burial of the abandoned channel in floodplain muds and both erosion and aggradation in downstream floodplains.
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Authors
Gresley A. Wakelin-King, John A. Webb,