Numerical modeling of erosional and depositional bank processes in migrating river bends with self-formed width: Morphodynamics of bar push and bank pull

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1455-1483

  Eke, Esther ^a   Parker, Gary ^a   Shimizu, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bank pull; bar bush; bend modeling; river morphodynamics

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MEANDER; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER ENGINEERING;

EID: 84905858046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF003020     Document Type: Article

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