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The recession of alluvial channel banks occurs as a sequence of mass movements or by gradual dissolution of bank materials. Criteria for recognizing and interpreting bank recessions due to mass movement and/or erosion are presented. Using back analysis technique, slope development processes are reconstructed as a sequence of bank failure episodes and erosional events. Various mechanisms of mass bank failure and recession as well as causative agents have been identified and analyzed. A deterministic sensitivity technique based on partial differentiation can be used for evaluating the contribution of factors to bank recession and as a basis for selecting bank erosion remedial measures.
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Received: 15 September 1995 · Accepted: 23 January 1996
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Abam, T. Aspects of alluvial river bank recession: some examples from the Niger delta. Environmental Geology 31, 211–220 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050182
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050182