A unified framework for stability of channel bifurcations in gravel and sand fluvial systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7521-7536

  Bolla Pittaluga, Michele ^a   Coco, Giovanni ^b   Kleinhans, Maarten G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bifurcation; delta; morphodynamic; river; stability

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GRAVEL; RIVERS; SAND; STABILITY;

BIFURCATION STABILITY; CHANNEL BIFURCATION; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; MORPHODYNAMIC; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

BIFURCATION; DELTA; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MORPHODYNAMICS; SAND; SHIELD;

EID: 84945486537     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065175     Document Type: Article

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