Sediment transport and channel adjustments associated with dam removal: Field observations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Cheng, Fang ^a,b   Granata, Tim ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b CDM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DAMS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DAMS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM REMOVAL; EROSION; FIELD METHOD; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 34247575156     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004271     Document Type: Article

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