Flow convergence routing hypothesis for pool-riffle maintenance in alluvial rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  MacWilliams Jr , Michael L ^a,d   Wheaton, Joseph M ^b,c   Pasternack, Gregory B ^c   Street, Robert L ^a,d   Kitanidis, Peter K ^a,d  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS;

CROSS STREAM FLOW; FLOW CONVERGENCE; FLOW PARAMETERS;

STREAM FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

CONVERGENCE; DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; RIVER FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION;

CALIFORNIA; DRY CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845272564     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004391     Document Type: Article

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