Flow structures and sandbar dynamics in a canyon river during a controlled flood, Colorado River, Arizona

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wright, Scott A ^a   Kaplinski, Matt ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONFLUENCE; DEBRIS FLOW; EROSION RATE; FLOODING; FLOW FIELD; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; MEANDER; SANDBAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GLEN CANYON DAM; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952540476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001442     Document Type: Article

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