Modelling the effect of form and profile adjustments on channel equilibrium timescales

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1271-1287

  Doyle, Martin W ^a   Harbor, Jon M ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel adjustments; Disturbance; Equilibrium; Recovery; Time scale

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

CHANNEL EQUILIBRIUM TIMESCALES;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MODELING; RECOVERY;

EID: 0345134671     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.516     Document Type: Article

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