Development and evaluation of a new catchment-scale model of floodplain sedimentation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Nicholas, A P ^a   Walling, D E ^a   Sweet, R J ^b   Fang, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BASIN SCALE MODELS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; POWER LAW MODEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

SEDIMENTATION;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

CATCHMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; MODELING; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; POWER LAW; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845262291     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004579     Document Type: Article

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