Regime equations for natural meandering cobble- and gravel-bed rivers

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 894-910

  Davidson, Stephanie K ^a   Hey, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel design; Regime equations; River morphology; River restoration

Indexed keywords

ARC LENGTH; BANK VEGETATION; BANKFULL; BANKFULL DISCHARGE; BED MATERIALS; CHANNEL DESIGN; CHANNEL DIMENSION; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNEL SLOPE; CHANNEL WIDTHS; DATA SETS; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NORTH AMERICAN; POINT ESTIMATE; REGIME EQUATIONS; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; RIVER RESTORATION; VALLEY SLOPES; MATERIAL LOADS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MEANDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER ENGINEERING; STRATIFIED FLOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052680455     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000408     Document Type: Article

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