Self widening by lateral erosion in gravel bed rivers

Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics - River Flow 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1801-1809

  Requena, P ^a   Weichert, R B ^a   Minor, H E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED SLOPE; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; EROSION PROCESS; EROSION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLOOD HAZARDS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; HIGH PRECISION; MORPHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL MODEL; RIVER WIDENING; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULICS; RIVER CONTROL; STREAM FLOW;

BANK PROTECTION;

EID: 60749112893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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