Meandering and braiding of rivers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 609-624

  Fredsøe, Jørgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER - SUSPENSIONS; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM FLOW;

BED LOAD TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

RIVERS;

EID: 0017932841     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112078000373     Document Type: Article

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