The width of a bankfull channel; Lacey's formula explained

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 176-183

  Savenije, Hubert H G ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alluvial rivers; Regime theory; Stable channel; Width predictor

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); STREAM FLOW; VELOCITY;

STREAM VELOCITY;

CHANNEL FLOW;

DISCHARGE RATE; EQUATION; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER CHANNEL;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DISCHARGE; EQUATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RIVER CHANNEL;

EID: 0038616018     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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