Flow fields in tightly curving meander bends of low width-depth ratio

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-135

  Nanson, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concave bank bench; Large bedforms; Meander pool; Narrow channels; Secondary currents; Swamp channels

Indexed keywords

BANKFULL FLOW; BED FRICTION; BED LOAD; BEDFORMS; CHANNEL BED; CHANNEL BOUNDARIES; CROSS-STREAM FLOW; DEPTH RATIO; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW DATA; HELICAL FLOWS; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NARROW CHANNEL; PEATLAND; POINT BAR; SECONDARY CURRENTS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEPARATION ZONE; SHALLOW CHANNELS; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; VELOCITY; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDFORM; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW PATTERN; MEANDER; POOL; SECONDARY FLOW; SWAMP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77649157898     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1878     Document Type: Article

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