Experimental insights on geomorphological processes within dam break outburst floods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 408, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 153-163

  Carrivick, Jonathan L ^a   Jones, Richard ^b   Keevil, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clast size; Dam break; Flash flood; Flume; Outburst flood; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; BED SEDIMENTS; CHANNEL BED; CLAST SIZES; DAM BREAK; DAM-BREAKS; DISPERSION MECHANISMS; DURATION OF TRANSPORT; EXPONENTIAL CURVES; FIXED BED; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLUME; FRICTIONAL FORCES; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; KINEMATIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MOBILE BED; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PEAK FLOWS; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SUSPENDED LOADS; TIME TO PEAK; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; UNIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME CHANGE; WATER DISCHARGES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITION RATES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOODS; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; METADATA; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BEDLOAD; CLAST; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; FLOW VELOCITY; FRONTAL FEATURE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOBILITY; OUTBURST; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNSTEADY FLOW; VOLUME CHANGE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 80052815452     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.037     Document Type: Article

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