Modelling of Sand Deposition in Archaeologically Significant Reaches of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, USA

Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Environmental Hydraulics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 357-394

  Wiele, Stephen ^a   Torizzo, Margaret ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel bathymetry; Dam releases prediction; Diffusion advection equation; Environmental Impact Study (EIS); Finite volume method; Grand Canyon model; River mechanics; Sand deposition; Upper Unkar reach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889286685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470015195.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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