Measurement and Analysis of Alluvial Channel Form

Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 289-322

  Simon, Andrew ^a   Castro, Janine ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial channel behavior; Channel form; Channel planform; Channel evolution model; Cross sectional surveys data; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL CHANNELS; CHANNEL EVOLUTION MODEL; CHANNEL FORM; CHANNEL PLANFORM; CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS;

SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 84945323616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470868333.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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