Morphodynamics of subaqueous levee formation: Insights into river mouth morphologies arising from experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Rowland, Joel C ^a   Dietrich, William E ^b   Stacey, Mark T ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEVEE; MORPHODYNAMICS; OPEN WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 77958136109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001684     Document Type: Article

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