Topographic steering, flow recirculation, velocity redistribution, and bed topography in sharp meander bends

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Blanckaert, K ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENT; BED TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CURVATURE VARIATION; DEPTH-AVERAGED VELOCITIES; FLOW RECIRCULATION; MASS CONSERVATION; MASS TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM VALUES; MEANDERING RIVERS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLANFORM; POINT BAR; QUASI-LINEAR; TERM ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WATER SURFACE GRADIENT;

LAKES; MASS TRANSFER; PIPELINE BENDS; SECONDARY FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

RIVERS;

FLOW FIELD; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MASS TRANSPORT; MEANDER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 77955600870     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008303     Document Type: Article

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