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...

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Main Authors:	Stephen Rice, Michael Church, Colin L. Wooldridge, Edward Hickin
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Geology not elsewhere classified Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified Unit bars Compound bars Alluvial stratigraphy Sediment accretion Radar River history Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Geology
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/4424
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