Numerical simulations of large-scale cataclysmic floodwater: A simple depth-averaged model and an illustrative application

Geomorphology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 179-192

  Miyamoto, Hideaki ^a,b   Itoh, Kazumasa ^c   Komatsu, Goro ^d   Baker, Victor R ^b   Dohm, James M ^b   Tosaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Sasaki, Sho ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d International Research School of Planetary Sciences   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cataclysmic flood; Channeled Scabland; Depth averaging method; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

EID: 33646498331     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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