Coupled simulations of fluvial erosion and mass wasting for cohesive river banks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Darby, Stephen E ^a   Rinaldi, Massimo ^b   Dapporto, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Regione Toscana Sistema Regionale di Protezione Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BANK EROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFILTRATION; MASS WASTING; PORE PRESSURE; RIVER BANK;

EID: 36249011337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000722     Document Type: Article

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