Effects of mud supply on large-scale estuary morphology and development over centuries to millennia

Alluvial river estuaries consist largely of sand but are typically flanked by mudflats and salt marshes. The analogy with meandering rivers that are kept narrower than braided rivers by cohesive floodplain formation raises the question of how large-scale estuarine morphology and the late Holocene...

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Main Authors: L. Braat, T. van Kessel, J. R. F. W. Leuven, M. G. Kleinhans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-10-01
Series:Earth Surface Dynamics
Online Access:https://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/5/617/2017/esurf-5-617-2017.pdf