Three-dimensional flow structure and channel change in an asymmetrical compound meander loop, Embarras River, Illinois

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 625-644

  Frothingham, Kelly M ^a   Rhoads, Bruce L ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel change; Fluvial geomorphology; Meandering streams; Three dimensional flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW STRUCTURE;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL CHANGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041313900     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.471     Document Type: Article

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