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Articles | Volume 3, issue 4
Articles | Volume 3, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-577-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-577-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 3, issue 4
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15 Dec 2015
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Grain sorting in the morphological active layer of a braided river physical model

P. Leduc, P. Ashmore, and J. T. Gardner

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A physical scale model of a gravel-bed braided river was used to measure vertical grain size sorting in the morphological active layer defined as the bed material between the maximum and minimum bed elevation. By normalizing active layer thickness and dividing into 10 sublayers we show that all grain sizes occur with almost equal frequency in all sublayers. Occurrence of patches and strings of coarser material relates to preservation of particular morphotextural features within the active layer.
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