Overbank sediment deposition patterns for straight and meandering flume channels

Auteurs :
BATHURST, J.C.
BENSON, I.A.
VALENTINE, E.M.
NALLURI, C.

Description :
Experiments with the 10 m Flood Channel Facility at HR Wallingford, UK, indicate a fundamental dependency of the overbank deposition pattern of channel suspended sediments on channel planform. Two experiments with straight channel showed deposition concentrated in a berm along the channel bank. A single experiment with a wide meandering channel showed deposition across the entire floodplain tongue between successive meanders. These generalized flume results complement the real-world but site-specific data of field studies.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2002, vol. 27, n°. 6, p. 659-665, nombre de pages : 7, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 23 ref.

Date :
2002

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley