Controls on local scour and deposition induced by obstacles in fluvial environments

Catena

Volumn 91, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-46

  Euler, Thomas ^a   Herget, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex system; Flume experiment; Fluvial bedform; Obstacle mark; Obstacle Reynolds number; Three dimensional obstacle

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDFORM; FLUME EXPERIMENT; MORPHOMETRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84855972562     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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