A physically based model to predict hydraulic erosion of fine-grained riverbanks: The role of form roughness in limiting erosion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Darby, Stephen E ^a   Trieu, Hai Q ^a   Carling, Paul A ^a   Sarkkula, Juha ^b   Koponen, Jorma ^c   Kummu, Matti ^d   Conlan, Iwona ^e   Leyland, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Ymparistovaikutusten Arviointikeskus Oy   (Finland)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BANK EROSION; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; RIVER BANK; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHEAR STRESS;

MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 77958190006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001708     Document Type: Article

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