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Floodplain sedimentation in the Upper Mississippi Valley: Natural versus human accelerated

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2005

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Knox, James C., 2005, Floodplain sedimentation in the Upper Mississippi Valley: Natural versus human accelerated: Geomorphology, v. 79, no. 3–4, p. 286-310.

Summary

Understanding the time scales and pathways for response and recovery of rivers and floodplains to episodic changes in erosion and sedimentation has been a long standing issue in fluvial geomorphology. Floodplains are an important component of watershed systems because they affect downstream storage and delivery of overbank flood waters, and they also serve as sources and temporary sinks for sediments and toxic substances delivered by river systems. Here, 14C and 137Cs isotopic dating methods are used along with ages of culturally related phenomena associated with mining and agriculture to determine rates of sedimentation and morphologic change for a reach of the upper Mississippi River and adjacent tributaries in southwestern Wisconsin [...]

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Knox, James C.

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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DOI http://sciencebase.gov/vocab/identifierScheme 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.06.031
ISSN http://sciencebase.gov/vocab/identifierScheme 0169-555X

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