Morphology and Dynamics of Braided Rivers

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 289-312

  Ashmore, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bar; Bedload; Bifurcation; Braided; Braiding; Channel network; Channel pattern; Confluence; Gravel; Hydraulic geometry; River morphology; Rivers; Sand; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903409047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00242-6     Document Type: Chapter

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