Grain size and sediment concentration effects on channel patterns of silt-laden rivers

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 297-316

  van Maren, D S ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Braiding; Delft3D; Hyperconcentrated flow; Meandering; Morphological modelling; River morphology; Sediment transport; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; BRAIDED RIVER; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; MEANDER; PARTICLE SETTLING; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SILT; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 35548929497     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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