Response of reach-scale bankfull channel geometry to the altered flow and sediment regime in the lower Yellow River

Geomorphology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-265

  Xia, Junqiang ^a   Li, Xiaojuan ^a   Li, Tao ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaolei ^a   Zong, Quanli ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Bankfull depth; Bankfull width; Empirical relations; Flow and sediment regime; Lower yellow river; Reach scale bankfull geometry

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW FIELD; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER BANK; RIVER ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

CHINA; HENAN; XIAOLANGDI RESERVOIR; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84898054345     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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