Modeling forced pool-riffle hydraulics in a boulder-bed stream, southern California

Geomorphology

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 232-248

  Harrison, Lee R ^a   Keller, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boulder bed; Flow modeling; Forced pool; Large roughness elements; Pool riffle sequence; Velocity reversal

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BED ROUGHNESS; BEDLOAD; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOW MODELING; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; RIVER FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845985974     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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