Methods of alluviation rate estimation for plain rivers using data of archeology and geomorphology (a case of Middle Oka)

Abstract

A technique of alluviation rate estimation has been developed as a result of archeological and geomorphological studies carried out at archeological sites at the middle Oka floodplain dated from Early Neolithic to the Middle Ages. The technique is based on the alluvium faces analysis and the principal f acres dating according to the archeology. Alluviation rates at different stages of the floodplain formations were evaluated and the general type of alluviation during the Late Holocene was determined.