Quantification of riverbank erosion and application in risk analysis

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 869-887

  Nardi, L ^a   Campo, L ^a   Rinaldi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluvial erosion risk; Hydraulic erosion; Riverbank retreat; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ERODIBILITY; EROSION; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BANK; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

CECINA RIVER; ITALY; TUSCANY;

CECINA;

EID: 84884903124     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0741-8     Document Type: Article

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