Modeling the effects of variable annual flow on river channel meander migration patterns, Sacramento River, California, USA

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1063-1075

  Larsen, Eric W ^a   Fremier, Alexander K ^a   Girvetz, Evan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Fluvial processes; Geomorphology; GIS; Meander migration; Riparian ecology; Water management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

FLOW MANAGEMENT; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; MEANDER MIGRATION; RIPARIAN ECOLOGY;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

FLOW MODELING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; MIGRATION; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845345936     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb04514.x     Document Type: Article

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