Author(s): Gerrit J. Klaassen; B. H. J. Van Zanten
Linked Author(s): Gerrit J. Klaassen
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Abstract: An analytical method is presented that can be used to derive a criterion for the cutting off of curved alluvial channels. The method is based on the (un) balance between the incoming sediment transport and the transport capacity of the channel potentially to be cut off. The method can only be used for the initial stage of the cutting off process of meandering rivers and it is out-lined how this method can be extended to later stages via numerical computa-tions. The implications of the derived criterion for the effect of extreme floods and for braided rivers is indicated.
Year: 1989