Case study: Modeling the lateral mobility of the Rio Grande below Cochiti dam, New Mexico

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 931-941

  Richard, Gigi A ^a,b   Julien, Pierre Y ^c   Baird, Drew C ^d  

^a and Mass Communication   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial channels; Dams; Rio Grande

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DAMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW;

ALLUVIAL CHANNELS; LATERAL MOBILITY; VARIANCE IN MIGRATION RATES;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER ENGINEERING;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644549642     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2005)131:11(931)     Document Type: Article

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