Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Critical dependence of morphodynamic models of fluvial and tidal systems on empirical downslope sediment transport

  • A. W. Baar,
  • M. Boechat Albernaz,
  • W. M. van Dijk,
  • M. G. Kleinhans

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12753-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Morphological development of fluvial and tidal systems is increasingly forecasted by models, with most of them predicting unrealistically high channel incision. Here, the authors point out reasons why and suggest improvements.