Modelling flood hydraulics and overbank deposition on river floodplains

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-77

  Nicholas, A P ^a,b   Walling, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Hydraulics; Numerical model; Overbank deposition

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION; MODELLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, DEVON, RIVER CULM;

EID: 0030817214     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199701)22:1<59::AID-ESP652>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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