Processes and controls of meander development in the Allier, France

Morphological development was researched along five meanders in the Allier river, France. This includes large scale development of meander form and direction and guiding factors and processes. On a smaller scale channel processes that form morphology, including bars and (secondary) channels. Five meanders in the Allier river, France,...

Entropy and river meander planform

This study departs from the hypothesis that the often striifing geometric similarity and regularity of meanders is the result of the second law of thermodynamics applied to open dissipative systems. It is argued that along a meandering river the continuous production of entropy is as low and as uniform as possible. An expression of entropy...

Geomorphic and vegetative recovery processes along modified stream channels of West Tennessee

Hundreds of miles of streams in West Tennessee have been channelized or otherwise modified since the tum of century. After all or parts of a stream are straightened, dredged, or cleared, systematic hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecologic processes collectively begin to reduce energy conditions towards the premodified state. One hundred and .five...