Flow processes near smooth and rough (concave) outer banks in curved open channels

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Blanckaert, K ^a,b   Duarte, A ^b   Chen, Q ^a   Schleiss, A J ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84868668186     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002414     Document Type: Article

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