Sediment routing hypothesis for pool-riffle maintenance

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1623-1641

  Milan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Clast tracing; Gravel bed river; Pool riffle maintenance; Sediment transport; Velocity reversal

Indexed keywords

BANKFULL DISCHARGE; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; CLAST TRACING; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; GRAVEL-BED STREAMS; PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VELOCITY VECTORS;

BRUSHES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MAINTENANCE; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

LAKES;

BEDLOAD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RIFFLE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84886289324     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3395     Document Type: Article

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