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Title: Decadal-Scale Riverbed Deformation and Sand Budget of the Last 500 km of the Mississippi River: Insights Into Natural and River Engineering Effects on a Large Alluvial River
NSF-PAR ID:
10060478
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Volume:
123
Issue:
5
ISSN:
2169-9003
Page Range / eLocation ID:
874 to 890
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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