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Research article
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06 Nov 2018
Research article |
| 06 Nov 2018
| 06 Nov 2018
Morphodynamic model of the lower Yellow River: flux or entrainment form for sediment mass conservation?
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of
Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Andrew J. Moodie
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice
University, Houston, TX, USA
Hongbo Ma
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice
University, Houston, TX, USA
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of
Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Yuanfeng Zhang
Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Kensuke Naito
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hydrosystems
Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Gary Parker
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hydrosystems
Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Department of
Geology, Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
IL, USA
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Short summary
In most models of river morphodynamics, sediment mass conservation is described by the Exner equation, which may take either the flux form or the entrainment form. Here we compare the two forms of the Exner equation under conditions typical of the lower Yellow River. We find that when using a single sediment grain size, there is little difference between the two forms. But when considering sediment mixtures, the two forms will show very different patterns of grain sorting.
In most models of river morphodynamics, sediment mass conservation is described by the Exner...
