Extreme flood-driven fluvial bank erosion and sediment loads: direct process measurements using integrated Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) and hydro-acoustic techniques

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 334-346

  Leyland, Julian ^a   Hackney, Christopher R ^b   Darby, Stephen E ^a   Parsons, Daniel R ^b   Best, James L ^c   Nicholas, Andrew P ^d   Aalto, Rolf ^d   Lague, Dimitri ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODS; LASER APPLICATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT; ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; POINT CLOUD DATA; PROCESS MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BANK EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MONITORING; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 85008248985     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.4078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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