A geometric model for the dynamics of a fluvially dominated deltaic system under base-level change

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-47

  Lorenzo Trueba, Jorge ^a   Voller, Vaughan R ^a   Paola, Chris ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial bedrock transition; Fluvially dominated; Moving boundary; Shoreline dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL-BEDROCK TRANSITION; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; FLUVIALLY DOMINATED; MOVING BOUNDARIES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SHORELINE POSITION; TIME STEPPING ALGORITHMS; TRANSITION BOUNDARIES;

EULER EQUATIONS; FORECASTING; NUMBER THEORY; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

GEOMETRY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BEDROCK; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DELTA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84875210344     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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