Flow structure and channel stability at the site of a deep scour hole, Mackenzie delta, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-194

  Beltaos, Spyros ^a   Krishnappan, Bommanna G ^a   Rowsell, Robert ^a   Carter, Tom ^a   Pilling, Roger ^a   Bergeron, Paul Emile ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Bed material; Deposition; Erosion; Flow reversal; Scour hole; Shear stress; Stability; Turbulence; Velocity field

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COHESION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STRUCTURE; PIPELINE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SCOUR; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84863752012     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4199     Document Type: Article

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