Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-817-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-817-2022
Research article
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03 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2022

Probabilistic description of bedload fluxes from the aggregate dynamics of individual grains

J. Kevin Pierce, Marwan A. Hassan, and Rui M. L. Ferreira

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on esurf-2022-4', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Feb 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Kevin Pierce, 31 Mar 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on esurf-2022-4', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Feb 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Kevin Pierce, 01 Apr 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Kevin Pierce on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Jun 2022) by Jens Turowski
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Jun 2022) by Andreas Lang (Editor)
AR by Kevin Pierce on behalf of the Authors (30 Jun 2022)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We describe the flow of sediment in river channels by replacing the complicated details of the turbulent water with probability arguments. Our major conclusions are that (1) sediment transport can be phrased in terms of the movements of individual sediment grains, (2) transport rates in river channels are inherently uncertain, and (3) sediment transport in rivers is directly analogous to a number of phenomena which we understand relatively well, such as molecules moving in air.