Numerical modelling of floodplain hydraulics and suspended sediment transport and deposition

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1339-1355

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ASTROTURF SEDIMENTATION TRAPS; FLOODPLAIN HYDRAULICS; NODAL SPACING;

RIVERS;

FLOOD PLAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032580950     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19980630)12:8<1339::AID-HYP618>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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