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Channel adjustment and a test of rational regime theory in a proglacial braided stream

Auteurs :
CHEW, L.C.
ASHMORE, P.E.

Description :
The AA. analyze the historical trends in channel pattern and the contemporary downstream changes in channel geometry, grain size, and gradient in the gravel bed, proglacial Sunwapta River, Alberta. The rational equations incorporate the effect of grain size and slope on channel width and the effect of width and grain size on channel slope. The regime equations are successful even though they were devised for single channel gravel streams. The results confirm the influence of grain size on channel pattern thresholds and demonstrates, using spatial transitions in channel pattern, that channel pattern predictions based on stream power alone are inadequate.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 2001, vol. 37, n°. 1-2, p. 43-63, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 37 ref.

Date :
2001

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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