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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-389-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-389-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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15 May 2018
Research article |
| 15 May 2018
| 15 May 2018
Advection and dispersion of bed load tracers
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Équipe de Dynamique des Fuides Géologiques, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris CEDEX 05, France
Olivier Devauchelle
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Équipe de Dynamique des Fuides Géologiques, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris CEDEX 05, France
François James
Institut Denis Poisson, Université d'Orléans, Universitéde Tours, CNRS, Route de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067 Orléans CEDEX 2, France
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- Joint Stochastic Bedload Transport and Bed Elevation Model: Variance Regulation and Power Law Rests J. Pierce & M. Hassan https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005259
- Spatial Variability in the Motion of a Rolling Bead due to a Step in Bed Roughness R. Martino et al. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0002167
- A Well‐Posed Alternative to the Hirano Active Layer Model for Rivers With Mixed‐Size Sediment V. Chavarrías et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005081
- A velocity-variation-based formulation for bedload particle hops in rivers Z. Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.1126
- Flow Strength and Bedload Sediment Travel Distance in Gravel Bed Rivers E. Papangelakis et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032296
- Entrainment and deposition of boulders in a gravel bed river P. Allemand et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-21-2023
- A Multi-Spatiotemporal Scale Strategy to Evaluate Factors Controlling Pebble Mobility and its Interactions with Bedforms in a Lowland Gravel-Bed River T. Dépret et al. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4151707
- Lost and found: Maximizing the information from a series of bedload tracer surveys B. MacVicar & E. Papangelakis https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5255
- Probabilistic description of bedload fluxes from the aggregate dynamics of individual grains J. Pierce et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-817-2022
- Can Linear Stability Analyses Predict the Development of Riverbed Waves With Lengths Much Larger Than the Water Depth? H. Barneveld et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033281
- A unifying model framework for soil erosion, river bedload and chemical transport A. Nouhou Bako et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.2021.100082
- Long-term dispersion of river gravel in a canyon in the Atacama Desert, Central Andes, deduced from their 10Be concentrations S. Carretier et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53806-x
- NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF BEDLOAD TRACER TRANSPORT BY CONSIDERING VERTICAL TRACER DISPERSION M. HAMAKI et al. https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejhe.74.5_I_955
- Back to Einstein: Burial‐Induced Three‐Range Diffusion in Fluvial Sediment Transport J. Pierce & M. Hassan https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087440
- Dynamics of Dual‐Mode Bedload Transport With Three‐Dimensional Alternate Bars Migration in Subcritical Flow: Experiments and Model Analysis Z. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006882
- Untangling the controls on bedload transport in a wood‐loaded river with RFID tracers and linear mixed modelling M. Clark et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5376
- Constraining the Timespan of Fluvial Activity From the Intermittency of Sediment Transport on Earth and Mars A. Hayden et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092598
- Check dams matter: Six years of particle tracking experiment in a check-dam-managed and near-natural pool-riffle stream T. Galia et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.109086
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Tracking the position of tracer particles entrained in a river is a popular method to investigate sediment transport. Using numerical simulations, we study the propagation of these tracers and find a transition between two regimes: an early regime in which the tracers are progressively set into motion and a late regime in which the tracers spread linearly. We derive analytical expressions for the behavior of the tracers in each regime. These expressions might help to interpret field data.
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