Predicting the morphological and hydraulic consequences of river rehabilitation

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-322

  Schweizer, S ^a   Borsuk, Mark E ^b   Reichert, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Integrative modelling; Joint velocity depth distribution; Probability network; River hydraulics; Siltation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOOD CONTROL; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SILTATION; WATER PLANNING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER;

EID: 33947526688     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.981     Document Type: Article

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