Downstream fining processes in sandy lowland rivers

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-193

  Frings, Roy M ^a   Ottevanger, Willem ^b   Sloff, Kees ^b,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downstream fining; dune sorting; longitudinal bed profile; meander migration; overbank deposition; Rhine River; river bifurcation; sand bed river; selective transport

Indexed keywords

DOWNSTREAM FINING; DUNE SORTING; LONGITUDINAL BED PROFILE; MEANDER MIGRATION; OVERBANK DEPOSITION; RHINE RIVER; RIVER BIFURCATION; SAND-BED RIVER; SELECTIVE TRANSPORT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

RIVERS;

BIFURCATION; DUNE; EQUILIBRIUM; GRAVEL BED STREAM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERBANK FLOW; RIVER WATER; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOFTWARE; SORTING; SUSPENDED LOAD;

RHINE RIVER;

EID: 79957451935     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2011.561000     Document Type: Article

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