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06 Oct 2023
Research article |
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Linear-stability analysis of plane beds under flows with suspended loads
Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Hajime Naruse
Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Norihiro Izumi
Division of Field Engineering for the Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Short summary
We investigated the influence of sediment transport modes on the formation of bedforms using theoretical analysis. The results of the theoretical analysis were verified with published data of plane beds obtained by fieldwork and laboratory experiments. We found that suspended sand particles can promote the formation of plane beds on a fine-grained bed, which suggests that the presence of suspended particles suppresses the development of dunes under submarine sediment-laden gravity currents.
We investigated the influence of sediment transport modes on the formation of bedforms using...
