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River Width Adjustment. I: Processes and Mechanisms

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Emmett M. Laursen
the ASCE Task Committee on Hydraulics, Bank Mechanics Modeling of River Width Adjustment
Consulting Engr., 425/14 T.M.V. Colony, Pune 411037, India.
WL/Delft Hydraulics, P.O. Box 117, 2600 MH Delft, The Netherlands.
Prof. Emeritus, Dept. of Civ. Engrg. and Engrg. Mech., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
Colin R. Thorne, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.; corresponding author. E-mail: colin.thorne@ nottingham.ac.uk

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