Morphodynamic diversity of the world's largest rivers

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-478

  Nicholas, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK SEDIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOOD-PLAIN DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION; RIVER MORPHOLOGY; SAND-BED RIVER; STREAM POWER THEORY; TRANSPORT DIRECTION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BANK EROSION; BRAIDED RIVER; ERODIBILITY; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEANDER; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84875487484     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34016.1     Document Type: Article

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