Numerical simulation of river meandering with self-evolving banks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2208-2229

  Asahi, Kazutake ^a   Shimizu, Yasuyuki ^b   Nelson, Jonathan ^c   Parker, Gary ^d  

^a Planning Department River Center of Hokkaido Ito 110 Bldg   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

bank erosion; channel cutoff; discharge variation; land accretion; meandering; slump block

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MEANDER; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 84892964093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20150     Document Type: Article

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