Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-423-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-423-2021
Research article
 | 
27 May 2021
Research article |  | 27 May 2021

Relevance of acoustic methods to quantify bedload transport and bedform dynamics in a large sandy-gravel-bed river

Jules Le Guern, Stéphane Rodrigues, Thomas Geay, Sébastien Zanker, Alexandre Hauet, Pablo Tassi, Nicolas Claude, Philippe Jugé, Antoine Duperray, and Louis Vervynck

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Jules LE GUERN on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Mar 2021) by Rebecca Hodge
AR by Jules LE GUERN on behalf of the Authors (29 Mar 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (13 Apr 2021) by Rebecca Hodge
ED: Publish as is (19 Apr 2021) by Niels Hovius (Editor)
AR by Jules LE GUERN on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2021)  Manuscript 
Download
Short summary
Despite the inherent difficulties in quantifying its value, sediment transport is essential to understanding fluvial systems. This study tries to improve the measurement by comparing several methods. Acoustic methods are compared to direct measurements with samplers. The hydrophone is well adapted to quantify sediment transport in mountain streams, but this study shows the potential and the efficiency of this device in large lowland rivers.