The hydraulic impact and performance of a lowland rehabilitation scheme based on pool-riffle installation: The River Waveney, Scole, Suffolk, UK

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 847-863

  Sear, D A ^a   Newson, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow resistance; Hydraulic performance; Riffle installation; River rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOW REGULATION; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; RIVER ENGINEERING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAVENEY RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10944221775     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.791     Document Type: Article

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