Interaction among mean flow, turbulence, bed morphology, bank failures and channel planform in an evolving compound meander loop

Geomorphology

Volumn 163-164, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-83

  Engel, Frank L ^a   Rhoads, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter; Bank erosion; Channel migration; Meandering rivers; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84855920632     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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