Mean and turbulent velocity fields near rigid and flexible plants and the implications for deposition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2585-2599

  Ortiz, Alejandra C ^a   Ashton, Andrew ^b   Nepf, Heidi ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

ecogeomorphology; sedimentation; turbulence; vegetation; velocity

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLANT; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84892980014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002858     Document Type: Article

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