Geomorphic constraints on the management of bedload-dominated rivers

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-130

  Davies, Tim R ^a   McSaveney, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Bedload transport capacity; Floods; Landscape systems; River morphology; Training banks

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BANK EROSION; BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33847092554     PISSN: 00221708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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