Assessment of morphological changes induced by flow and flood pulses in a gravel bed braided river: The Tagliamento River (Italy)

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-360

  Bertoldi, W ^a   Zanoni, L ^a   Tubino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Braided rivers; Floods; Morphodynamics; Photographic survey; Sediment transport; Tagliamento River

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BIFURCATION; BRAIDED RIVER; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLOODING; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MORPHODYNAMICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 70549103394     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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