Detailed river stage mapping and head gradient analysis during meander cutoff in a laboratory river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1689-1703

  Han, Bangshuai ^a,b   Endreny, Theodore A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

close range photogrammetry; meander; neck cutoff; oxbow lake; piezometric head gradient; seepage erosion; water surface elevation

Indexed keywords

LABORATORIES; LAKES; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SEEPAGE; STREAM FLOW;

CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY; MEANDER; NECK CUTOFF; OXBOW LAKES; PIE- ZOMETRIC HEAD; SEEPAGE EROSION; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

RIVERS;

AGGRADATION; CHANNEL FLOW; ELEVATION; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HEADWATER; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MEANDER; OXBOW LAKE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PIEZOMETER; RIVER EVOLUTION; SEEPAGE; VALLEY; WATER EROSION; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84894382375     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013580     Document Type: Article

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