Channel change, bankfull and effective discharges on a vertically accreting, meandering, gravel-bed river

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 770-785

  Gomez, B ^a   Coleman, S E ^b   Sy, V W K ^b   Peacock, D H ^c   Kent, M ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Gisborne District Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bankfull discharge; Channel change; Effective discharge; MIKE 11; Response to deforestation; Vertical accretion

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; SCOUR; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

BANKFULL DISCHARGE; OVERBANK FLOW; SHIELDS STRESS; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

RIVERS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; SCOUR; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

ACCRETION; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MEANDER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 34247502220     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1424     Document Type: Article

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