Turbulence at a roughness transition in a depth limited flow over a gravel bed

Geomorphology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-187

  Robert, André ^a   Roy, André G ^b   De Serres, Bernard ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL CHANNEL; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GRAVEL BED; ROUGHNESS TRANSITION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0029754631     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-555X(95)00143-S     Document Type: Article

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