Bed and flow dynamics leading to sediment-wave initiation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Coleman, S E ^a   Nikora, V I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AT-SPEED; BED LOAD; CONVECTION VELOCITY; CRITICAL HEIGHT; FLOW DYNAMICS; GENERATION MECHANISM; GRAIN DIAMETER; GRAIN SIZE; LOCAL AVERAGE; MASS CONSERVATION; SCALING MODEL; SEDIMENT BEDS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE; STREAMWISE VELOCITY; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; TIME AND SPACE; TRANSPORT EVENTS; TURBULENCE EFFECT; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; VON KARMAN; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE INITIATION;

DYNAMICS; EROSION; LAMINAR FLOW; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; LAMINAR FLOW; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT WAVE;

EID: 67649875672     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006741     Document Type: Article

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