Morphology and evolution of bars in a wandering gravel-bed river; lower Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada

A hierarchical typology for the channels and bars within aggradational wandering gravel-bed rivers is developed from an examination of a 50 km reach of lower Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada. Unit bars, built by stacking of gravelly bedload sheets, are the key dynamic element of the sediment t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stephen Rice, Michael Church, Colin L. Wooldridge, Edward Hickin
Format: Default Article
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/4424
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!