Local scouring at grade-control structures in alluvial mountain rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Lenzi, M A ^a   Marion, A ^a   Comiti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bed sills; Check dams; Grade control structures; Local scouring; Mountain rivers

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SCOUR; SEDIMENTS;

GRADE-CONTROL STRUCTURES; SCOUR HOLES;

RIVERS;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; SCOUR; STREAMFLOW;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SCOUR; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 17144444441     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001815     Document Type: Article

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