Mechanisms of riverbank failure along the Arno River, Central Italy

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1303-1323

  Dapporto, Stefano ^a   Rinaldi, Massimo ^a   Casagli, Nicola ^a   Vannocci, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arno River; Italy; Riverbank failure; Riverbank processes; Riverbank stability analysis; Seepage analysis; Unsaturated and saturated flow

Indexed keywords

BANK PROTECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RIVERS; SEEPAGE;

STABILITY CONDITIONS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

BANK EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER BANK; SEEPAGE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 0345566258     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.550     Document Type: Article

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