Flow structure and channel morphology at a natural confluent meander bend

Geomorphology

Volumn 163-164, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-98

  Riley, James D ^a   Rhoads, Bruce L ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bed morphology; Confluences; Confluent meander bends; Flow structure; Helical flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER BED; RIVER FLOW; SCOUR; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIBUTARY;

EID: 84862587171     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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