Morphodynamics of river-influenced back-barrier tidal basins: The role of landscape and hydrodynamic settings

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9514-9535

  Zhou, Z ^a   Coco, G ^a,b   Jimenez M ^a   Olabarrieta, M ^c   Van Der Wegen, M ^d,e   Townend, I ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

morphodynamics; numerical modeling; river influence; tidal networks

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS;

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; FLOOD DOMINANCES; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; VOLUMETRIC CHANGES;

RIVERS;

BATHYMETRY; CROSS SECTION; DELTA; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL INLET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027939913     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015891     Document Type: Article

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