TitleFloodplain Aggradation in an Intermontane Area of the Oregon Coast Range as a Geomorphic Response to the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition
Publication TypeThesis
Year of Publication1990
AuthorsGrabau, Paul C.
DegreeM.S.
Pagination45 p.
UniversityWestern Washington University
CityBellingham, Wa.
Type of WorkMasters Thesis
Call NumberAvailable through Interlibrary Loan
KeywordsAlsea Basin, Drift Creek, erosion, flooding, geology, sediments, theses
NotesExamines floodplain areas in the upper reaches of Drift Creek and hypothesizes about their origin. "In the Coast Range of Oregon, floodplains are discontinuously developed along meander bends in bedrock in the upper reaches of Drift Creek, a fourth-order stream tributary to the Alsea River..." (from the abstract)