Relationships between flow hydraulics, sediment supply, bedload transport and channel stability in the proglacial Virkisa River, Iceland

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-122

  Nicholas, A P ^a   Sambrook Smith, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedload transport; Channel; Fluid dynamics; Iceland; Proglacial environment; Sediment transport; Virkisa River

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL; FLUID DYNAMICS; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ICELAND; VIRKISA RIVER;

EID: 0032468467     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1998.00030.x     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Ashworth, P.J. and Ferguson, R.I., 1986: Interrelationships of channel processes, changes, and sediments in a proglacial braided river. Geografiska Annaler, 68A: 361-371.
2. Bagnold, R.A., 1977: Bedload transport by natural rivers. Water Resources Research, 13: 303-312.
3. Busskamp, R. and Hasholt, B., 1996: Coarse bed load transport in a glacial valley, Sermilik, South East Greenland. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, N. F., 40: 349-358.
4. Church, M., 1972: Baffin Island Sandurs: A study of arctic fluvial processes. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin., 216.
5. Church, M. and Gilbert, R., 1975: Proglacial fluvial and lacustrine environments. In: Jopling, A.V. and MacDonald, B.C. (eds): Glaciofluvial and Glaciolacustrine Sedimentation, Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 23: 22-100.
6. Ergenzinger, P., Schmidt, K.-H. and Busskamp, R., 1989: The pebble transmitter system (PETS): a technique for studying coarse material erosion, transport and deposition. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie N. F., 33/4, 503-508.
7. Fahnestock, R.K., 1963: Morphology and hydrology of a glacial stream - White River, Mount Rainier, Washington. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 422-A, p.70.
8. Fenn, C.R. and Gurnell, A.M., 1987: Proglacial channel processes. In: Gurnell, A.M. and Clark, M.J. (eds): Glacio-fluvial sediment transfer. Wiley. Chichester. 423-472.
9. Ferguson, R.I., 1994: Critical discharge for entrainment of poorly sorted gravel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 19: 179-186.
10. Ferguson, R.I. and Ashworth, P.J., 1992: Spatial patterns of bed-load transport and channel change in braided and near-braided rivers. In: Billi, P., Hey, R.D., Thorne, C.R. and Tacconi, P. (eds): Dynamics of Gravel-bed Rivers. Wiley. Chichester. 477-496.
11. Wolman, M.G., 1954: A method of sampling coarse river-bed material. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 35: 951-956.