A modified morphodynamic model for investigating the response of rivers to short-term climate change

Geomorphology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 674-682

  Verhaar, Patrick M ^a   Biron, Pascale M ^b   Ferguson, Robert I ^c   Hoey, Trevor B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base level; Climate change; Morphodynamic model; Sediment transport; St Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 52749086501     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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