Hydrodynamic and suspended sediment transport controls on river mouth morphology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Falcini, F ^a   Piliouras, A ^b   Garra, R ^c   Guerin, A ^d   Jerolmack, D J ^e   Rowland, J ^f   Paola, C ^g  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

potential vorticity; river mouth; suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 84895816512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002831     Document Type: Article

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