Modeling framework for sediment deposition, storage, and evacuation in the floodplain of a meandering river: Application to the Clark Fork River, Montana

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Lauer, J Wesley ^a   Parker, Gary ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CONTAMINATION; MINING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CLARK FORK RIVER; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; FLOOD PLAINS; MEANDERING RIVERS; MINE TAILINGS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING FRAMEWORK; MONTANA; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SELF-STABILIZING; STEADY STATES;

RIVERS;

AGGRADATION; DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; MEANDER; MINE WASTE; MODELING; RIVER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; STORAGE;

CLARK FORK RIVER; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53949101274     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005529     Document Type: Article

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