Anthropic aggradation of the Waiho River, Westland, New Zealand: Microscale modelling

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-218

  Davies, Timothy R ^a   McSaveney, Mauri J ^b   Clarkson, Paul J ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c Opus International Consultants   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Alluvial fan; Lateral constraint; Microscale modelling

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

LONG-TERM AGGRADATION;

LANDFORMS;

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MODELING; RIVER ENGINEERING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037296310     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.449     Document Type: Article

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