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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-949-2019
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Experiments on patterns of alluvial cover and bedrock erosion in a meandering channel
Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,
Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Gary Parker
Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,
Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,
Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Colin P. Stark
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
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- Experiments on restoring alluvial cover using gravel augmentation in a variable width channel with irregular meanders S. Peirce et al.
- Stellerite-stilbite and calcite paragenesis in a fracture cavity hosted by andesitic volcaniclastic rocks from the Timok magmatic complex D. Medic et al.
- Experiments on patterns of alluvial cover and bedrock erosion in a meandering channel R. Fernández et al.
- Controls of alluvial cover formation, morphology and bedload transport in a sinuous channel with a non‐alluvial boundary E. Papangelakis et al.
- Patterns of Alluviation in Mixed Bedrock‐Alluvial Channels: 1. Numerical Model J. Cho & P. Nelson
- Spatiotemporal Evolution of Bed Configurations in Mixed Bedrock-Alluvial in Uniformly Curved Channels M. Andriamboavonjy et al.
- Morphological Characteristics of Constrained Meandering Rivers in the Loess Plateau B. Li et al.
- Grain Size in Landscapes L. Sklar
- Effect of Skewness Orientation on Morphological Adjustments in Alluvial Meandering Streams R. Good et al.
- An Analytical Model for Lateral Erosion From Saltating Bedload Particle Impacts T. Li et al.
- Limited influence of bedrock strength on river profiles: the dominant role of sediment dynamics N. Yamanishi & H. Naruse
- Bed and Bank Stress Partitioning in Bedrock Rivers T. Li et al.
- Patterns of Alluviation in Mixed Bedrock‐Alluvial Channels: 2. Controls on the Formation of Alluvial Patches J. Cho & P. Nelson
- Using clast geometries to establish paleoriver discharges: Testing records for aggradation and incision from the upper Indus River, Ladakh Himalaya A. Kumar et al.
- Experiments on restoring alluvial cover in straight and meandering rivers using gravel augmentation M. Welber et al.
- Reconstructing extreme Late Pleistocene floods in Morocco's Inaouène Valley reveals larger discharges during terrace aggradation than both incision and modern floods M. Lghamour et al.
- Mass balance, grade, and adjustment timescales in bedrock channels J. Turowski
- Alluvial cover on bedrock channels: applicability of existing models J. Mishra & T. Inoue
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Short summary
This paper describes the case of a meandering bedrock river with loose sediment on the bed. In such rivers, the sediment hits and erodes the bed as it moves with the flow. We did experiments in a laboratory flume to identify the areas where the sediment moves and those where it deposits. We discovered that the size and location of those areas change with the amount of sediment in the channel and its curvature. The fluctuations of sediment cover over the bed drive the erosion potential.
This paper describes the case of a meandering bedrock river with loose sediment on the bed. In...