Reach-averaged sediment routing model of a canyon river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Wiele, S M ^a   Wilcock, P R ^b   Grams, P E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

RIVER MANAGEMENT; SINK FUNCTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALGORITHM; CHANNEL FLOW; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947732526     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004824     Document Type: Article

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