Forced bars induced by variations of channel width: Implications for incipient bifurcation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Wu, Fu Chun ^a   Yeh, Tzu Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BAR; BIFURCATION; DEFORMATION; RIVER BANK; STREAMFLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33746646485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000160     Document Type: Article

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