Processes governing the flow redistribution in sharp river bends

Geomorphology

Volumn 163-164, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-55

  Ottevanger, W ^a   Blanckaert, K ^a,b,c,d   Uijttewaal, W S J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Curvature; Meandering streams; Nonlinear mechanics; Secondary flow; Topographic steering; Velocity redistribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEANDER; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SECONDARY FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862575822     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.049     Document Type: Article

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