Methods for Evaluating the Geomorphological Performance of Naturalized Rivers: Examples from the Chicago Metropolitan Area

River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 209-228

  Rhoads, Bruce L ^a   Garcia, Marcelo H ^b   Rodriguez, Jose ^c   Bombardelli, Fabian ^d   Abad, Jorge ^b   Daniels, Melinda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel evolution model (CEM); Channel straightening; Channelization reducing geometric complexity; FLOW 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Geomorphological performance and uncertainty; Geomorphological performance uncertainty; West fork of north branch of chicago river (WFNBCR); WFNBCR pool riffle sequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751515402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470867082.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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