A simulation model for meandering rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2937-2954

  Sun, Tao ^a,b   Meakin, Paul ^a,b   Jøssang, Torstein ^a,b   Schwarz, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODEL; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGY; LAKE; MODEL; RIVER; SAND; SIMULATION;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODPLAIN; MEANDERING RIVER; MIGRATING RIVER; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030468785     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00998     Document Type: Article

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