Self-similar growth of a bimodal laboratory fan

Delorme, Pauline; Voller, Vaughan; Paola, Chris; Devauchelle, Olivier; Lajeunesse, Éric; Barrier, Laurie; Métivier, François

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-239-2017

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-239-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-239-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

Research article

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08 May 2017

Research article |

| 08 May 2017

Self-similar growth of a bimodal laboratory fan

Pauline Delorme, Vaughan Voller, Chris Paola, Olivier Devauchelle, Éric Lajeunesse, Laurie Barrier, and François Métivier

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Final revised paper (published on 08 May 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 25 Nov 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Good paper, but could use more background and discussion on real-world fan observations, as well as edits to grammar and sentence structure', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Answer to Referee #1', Pauline Delorme, 20 Mar 2017
RC2: 'This is a well-written paper, but needs further discussion on experimental limitations and the results of the threshold-channel theory analysis.', Anastasia Piliouras, 28 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to Anastasia Piliouras', Pauline Delorme, 20 Mar 2017
RC3: 'Interactive comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 30 Jan 2017
- AC3: 'Answer to Referee #3', Pauline Delorme, 20 Mar 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Pauline Delorme on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Apr 2017) by Patricia Wiberg

ED: Publish as is (11 Apr 2017) by Niels Hovius (Editor)

AR by Pauline Delorme on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Alluvial fans are sedimentary deposits that take place at the outlet of mountain range. This location makes them the first sedimentary archive where sediments, eroded from mountains, are deposed. Their morphology is controlled by the water and sediment discharges and sediment characteristics. By using controlled laboratory experiments, we show that an alluvial fan composed of two distinct sediments has a characteristic shape; it can be decomposed into two fans made up of one sediment.