Width variations and mid-channel bar inception in meanders: River Bollin (UK)

Geomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Luchi, R ^a   Hooke, J M ^b   Zolezzi, G ^a   Bertoldi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel width quantifications; Meandering rivers; Mid channel bars; Spatial width variations; Wavelength scale

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; RIVER BANK; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BOLLIN RIVER; CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952669446     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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