Experiments on upstream-migrating erosional narrowing and widening of an incisional channel caused by dam removal

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Cantelli, Alessandro ^a   Paola, Chris ^b   Parker, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam Removal; Delta front propagation; Erosional narrowing; Erosional widening; Froude Similitude; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; DAMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTATION;

DELTA FRONT; DOWNSTREAM; UPSTREAM;

EROSION;

DAM; DELTA; EROSION; RESERVOIR; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTATION;

DAM; DELTA; DOWNCUTTING; RESERVOIR; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 2042531814     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002940     Document Type: Article

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