Numerical simulation of bank erosion and channel migration in meandering rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2-1-2-21

  Darby, Stephen E ^a   Alabyan, Andrei M ^b   Van de Wiel, Marco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Bed topography; Meander migration; Numerical modeling; River bends

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BANK EROSION;

WATER RESOURCES;

BANK EROSION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CHANNEL CHANGE; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER CHANNEL;

EID: 2242458564     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000602     Document Type: Article

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