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Anastomosing Channels

Anastomosing Channels is a type of river channel morphology characterized by multiple interconnected, stable, and roughly parallel channels that diverge and rejoin around semi-permanent bars or vegetated islands, distinguishing it from other multi-thread channel systems by its persistent, low-gradient, and often sediment-rich configuration.

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Anastomosing Channel Systems

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ANABRANCHING RIVERS: THEIR CAUSE, CHARACTER AND CLASSIFICATION

Gerald C. Nanson, A. D. Knighton · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 1996 · 666 citations

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Sedimentation in anastomosed river systems; examples from alluvial valleys near Banff, Alberta

D. G. Smith, Norman D. Smith · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1980 · 328 citations

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Anastomosis and the continuum of channel pattern

A. D. Knighton, Gerald C. Nanson · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 1993 · 305 citations

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Three-dimensional Organization of the Connective Tissue Fibers of the Human Pancreas: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study of NaOH Treated-Tissues

Osamu Ohtani · Archivum histologicum japonicum · 1987 · 211 citations · Full text

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Avulsions, channel evolution and floodplain sedimentation rates of the anastomosing upper Columbia River, British Columbia, Canada

B. Makaske, Derald G. Smith, H.J.A. Berendsen · Sedimentology · 2002 · 198 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. GC
    Gerald C. Nanson

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    9 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. AD
    A. D. Knighton

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. DG
    Derald G. Smith

    University of Calgary, Canada

    5 publications · 524 citations

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  4. BM
    B. Makaske

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    4 publications · 476 citations

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  5. BR
    Brian R. Rust

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    3 publications · 357 citations

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Institutions

64

  1. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    859 citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    357 citations

  6. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    171 citations

  7. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    133 citations

  8. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

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Venues

  1. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    10 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Sedimentology

    5 publications · 644 citations

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  3. Geomorphology

    4 publications · 341 citations

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  4. Sedimentary Geology

    3 publications · 168 citations

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  5. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 2 publications · 453 citations

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