On width variations in meandering rivers

River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 745-751

  Solari, L ^a   Seminara, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BED TOPOGRAPHY; CHANNEL CURVATURE; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CROSS SECTION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FREE SURFACES; MEANDERING CHANNEL; MEANDERING RIVERS; SEDIMENT FLUX; SPATIAL OSCILLATIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ESTUARIES;

RIVERS;

EID: 84857014946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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