Numerical Modeling in Fluvial Geomorphology

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 694-710

  Coulthard, T J ^a   Van De Wiel, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental modeling; Fluvial geomorphology; Numerical modeling; River systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897033868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00261-X     Document Type: Chapter

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