A unified model for subaqueous bed form dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Jerolmack, Douglas J ^a   Mohrig, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

BED FORM DYNAMICS; UNIFORM FLOW;

STEADY FLOW;

KINEMATICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STEADY FLOW;

BEDFORM; BRAIDED RIVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 31444450984     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004329     Document Type: Article

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