Identifying the effects of parameter uncertainty on the reliability of modeling the stability of overhanging, multi-layered, river banks

Geomorphology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 483-498

  Samadi, A ^a   Amiri Tokaldany, E ^a   Davoudi, M H ^b   Darby, S E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Research Institute for Water Scarcity and Drought   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cantilever failure; Multi layered; Riverbank; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BASAL FLOW; EROSION RATE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RIVER BANK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER EROSION;

EID: 80053053553     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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