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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Earth Surface Dynamics |
| Online Access: | https://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/5/617/2017/esurf-5-617-2017.pdf |