On evolution of bed material waves in alluvial rivers

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-441

  Cao, Zhixian ^a   Carling, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial rivers; Bed material wave; Dispersion; Hyperbolic equations; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SHOCK WAVES;

MATERIAL WAVES;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BEDFORM; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037687797     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.493     Document Type: Article

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