Tag Archives: flood defence

How wood in rivers affects flood risk

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Simon Dixon

UPDATE: This work was accepted for publication in the journal “Earth Surfaces Process & Landforms” on 12/02/2016. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3919/abstract One of the key objectives of my PhD research at University of Southampton was to try and assess how changing volumes of … Continue reading →

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Rivers flood

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Trevor Bond

Trev Bond explains that rivers flood, and that this is entirely normal Continue reading →

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Logjams during floods

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Simon Dixon

A lot of my research work at University of Southampton is related to the effects logjams in rivers have on flood behaviour. The recent heavy rain and flooding in the South provided me with an opportunity to get out into … Continue reading →

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