Experiments on the effect of hydrograph characteristics on vertical grain sorting in gravel bed rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Hassan, Marwan A ^a   Egozi, Roey ^b   Parker, Gary ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

GRAIN SORTING; GRAVEL BED RIVERS; HYDROGRAPH; SNOWMELT;

RIVERS;

GRAVEL; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

EPHEMERAL STREAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLASH FLOOD; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDROGRAPH; SNOWMELT;

EID: 33750371349     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004707     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Andrews, E. D., and D. C. Erman (1986), Persistence in the size distribution of surficial bed material during an extreme snowmelt flood, Water Resour. Res., 22, 191-197.
2. Andrews, E. D., and G. Parker (1987), Formation of a coarse surface layer as the response to gravel mobility, in Sediment Transport in Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by C. R. Thorne, J. C. Bathurst, and R. D. Hey, pp. 269-325, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
3. Chin, C. O., B. W. Melville, and A. J. Raudkivi (1994), Streambed armoring, J. Hydraul. Eng., 120, 899-917.
4. Church, M., and M. A. Hassan (2002), Sediment mobility in Harris Creek, Water Resour. Res., 38(11), 1237, doi:10.1029/2001WR000753.
5. Church, M., D. G. McLean, and J. F. Wolcoft (1987), River bed gravels: Sampling and analysis, in Sediment Transport in Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by C. R. Thornes, J. C. Bathurst, and R. D. Hey, pp. 43-88, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
6. Church, M., M. A. Hassan, and J. F. Wolcott (1998), Stabilizing self-organized structures in gravel-bed stream channels: Field and experimental observations, Water Resour. Res., 34, 3169-3179.
7. Cudden, J. R., and T. B. Hoey (2003), The causes of bedload pulses in a gravel channel: The implications of bedload grain-size distributions, Earth Surf. Processes Landforms, 28, 1411-1428.
8. Dietrich, W. E., J. W. Kirchner, H. Ikeda, and F. Iseya (1989), Sediment supply and the development of the coarse surface layer in gravel-bedded rivers, Nature, 340, 215-217.
9. Fracarollo, L., and H. Capart (2002), Riemann wave description of erosional dam-break flows, J. Fluid Mech., 461, 183-228.
10. Fripp, J. B., and P. Diplas (1993), Surface sampling in gravel streams. J. Hydraul. Eng., 119, 473-490.
11. Gessler, J. (1970), Self-stabilizing tendencies of alluvial channels, J. Waterw. Harbors Coastal Eng. Div. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 96, 235-249.
12. Gessler, J. (1990), Friction factor of armored riverbeds, J. Hydraul. Eng., 116, 531-543.
13. Habersack, H. M., and J. B. Laronne (2001); Bed load texture in an alpine gravel bed river, Water Resour. Res., 37, 3359-3370.
14. Harrison, A. S. (1950), Report on special investigation of bed sediment segregation in a degrading bed, Rep. 33(1), Inst. of Eng. Res., Univ. of Calif., Berkeley.
15. Hassan, M. A. (1990a), Observation on desert bores, Earth Surf. Processes Landforms, 15, 481-485.
16. Hassan, M. A. (1990b), Scour, fill and burial depths of coarse bed material in gravel bed streams, Earth Surf. Processes Landforms, 15, 341-356.
17. Hassan, M. A. (2005), Characteristics of gravel bars in ephemeral streams, J. Sediment. Res., 75, 29-42.
18. Hassan, M. A., and M. Church (2000), Experiments on surface structure and partial sediment transport on a gravel bed, Water Resour. Res., 36, 1885-1895.
19. Hassan, M. A., and R. Woodsmith (2004), Bedload transport in an obstructed-formed pool in a forested gravel-bed stream, Geomorphology, 58, 203-221.
20. Hassan, M. A., B. J. Smith, D. L. Hogan, D. S. Luzi, A. E. Zimmermann, and B. C. Eaton (2006), Sediment storage and transport in coarse bed streams: Scale considerations, in Gravelbed Rivers 6, edited by P. Ergenzinger et al., Elsevier, New York, in press.
21. Kellerhals, R., and D. I. Bray (1971), Sampling procedures for coarse fluvial sediments, J. Hydraul. Div. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 9, 1165-1180.
22. Klingeman, P. C., and W. W. Emmett (1982), Gravel bedload transport processes, in Gravel-Bed Rivers: Fluvial Processes, Engineering and Management, edited by R. B. Hey, J. C. Bathurst, and C. R. Thorne, pp. 141-179, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
23. Kuhnle, R. A. (1992), Fractional transport rates of bedload on Goddwin Creek, in Dynamics of Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by P. Billi et al., pp. 141-155, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
24. Laronne, J. B., and I. Reid (1993), Very high rates of bed-load sediment transport by ephemeral desert rivers, Nature, 366, 148-150.
25. Laronne, J. B., I. Reid, Y. Yitshak, and L. E. Frostick (1994), The non-layering of gravel streambeds under ephemeral flood regimes, J. Hydrol., 159, 353-363.
26. Lisle, T. E. (1989), Sediment transport and resulting deposition in spawning gravels, north coastal California, Water Resour. Res., 25, 1303-1319.
27. Lisle, T. E., and M. A. Madej (1992), Spatial variation in armoring in a channel with high sediment supply, in Dynamics of Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by P. Billi et al., pp. 277-293, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
28. Little, W. C., and P. G. Mayer (1972), The role of sediment gradation on channel armoring, Rep. ERC-0672, Ga. Inst. of Technol., Atlanta.
29. Parker, G., and P. C. Klingeman (1982), On why gravel bed streams are paved, Water Resour. Res., 18, 1409-1423.
30. Parker, G., and C. M. Toro-Escobar (2002), Equal mobility of gravel in streams: The remains of the day, Water Resour. Res., 38(11), 1264, doi: 10.1029/2001WR000669.
31. Parker, G., S. Dhamotharan, and S. Stefan (1982), Model experiments on mobile and paved streams. Water Resour. Res., 18, 1395-1408.
32. Powell, M. D., I. Reid, and J. B. Laronne (2001), Evolution of bed load grain size distribution with increasing flow strength and the effect of flow duration on the caliber of bed load sediment yield in ephemeral gravel bed rivers, Water Resour. Res., 37, 1463-1474.
33. Proffitt, G. T., and A. J. Sutherland (1983), Transport of non-uniform sediments, J. Hydraul. Res., 21, 33-43.
34. Reid, I., and J. B. Laronne (1995), Bedload sediment transport in an ephemeral stream and a comparison with seasonal and perennial counterparts, Water Resour. Res., 31, 773-781.
35. Ryan, S. E. (2001), The influence of sediment supply on rates of bedfoad transport: A case study of three streams on the San Juan National Forest, Proceeding of the Seventh Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, pp. III-48-III54, Subcomm. on Sedimentation, Interagency Advisory Comm. on Water Data, Washington, D.C.
36. Ryan, S. E., and W. W. Emmett (2002), The nature of flow and sediment movement in Little Granite Creek near Bondurant, Wyoming, Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-90, Rocky Mountain Res. Stn., For. Serv., U. S. Dep. of Agric., Fort Collins, Colo.
37. Schick, A. P. (1971), Desert floods-Interim results of observations in Nahal Yael research watershed, 1965-1970, IAHS Publ., 96, 478-493.
38. Schick, A. P. (1988), Hydrologic aspects of floods in extreme arid environments, in Flood Geomorphology, edited by V. R. Baker, R. C. Kochel, and P. C. Patton, pp. 189-203, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
39. Schick, A. P., and J. Lekach (1993), An evaluation of two ten-year sediment budgets, Nahal Yael, Israel, Phys. Geogr., 14, 225-238.
40. Schick, A. P., J. Lekach, and M. A. Hassan (1987), Vertical exchange of coarse bedload in desert streams, in Desert Sediments: Ancient and Modern, edited by L. E. Frostick and I. Reid, Geol. Soc. of London, Spec. Publ., 35, 7-16.
41. Tacconi, P., and P. Billi (1987), Bed load transport measurements by the vortex-tube trap on Virginio Creek, Italy, in Sediment Transport in Gravel-Bed Rivers, edited by C. R. Thorne, J. C. Bathurst, and R. D. Hey, pp. 583-616, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
42. Tait, S. J., and B. B. Willetts (1992), Physical and numerical experiments on bed armoring, in 5th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, pp. 693-702, Inst. of Hydraul. Struct. and Agric. Eng., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.
43. Tassone, B. L. (1987), Sediment loads from 1973 to 1984 08HB048 Carnation Creek at the mouth, British Columbia, in Proceedings of the Workshop: Applying 15 Years of Carnation Creek Results, edited by T. W. Chamberlin, pp. 46-58, Carnation Creek Steering Comm., Pac. Biol. Stn., Nanaimo, B. C., Canada.
44. Warburton, J. (1992), Observations of bed load transport and channel bed changes in a proglacial mountain stream, Arct. Alp. Res., 24, 195-203.
45. Wathen, S. J., R. I. Ferguson, T. B. Hoey, and A. Werritty (1995), Unequal mobility of gravel and sand in weakly bimodal river sediments, Water Resour. Res., 31, 2087-2096.
46. Whiting, P. J., and W. E. Dietrich (1990), Boundary shear stress and roughness of mobile alluvial beds, J. Hydraul. Eng., 116, 1495-1511.
47. Whiting, P. J., and J. G. King (2003), Surface particle sizes on armoured gravel streambeds: Effects of supply and hydraulics, Earth Surf. Processes Landforms, 28, 1459-1471.
48. Wilcock, P. R., and B. T. De Temple (2005), Persistence of armor layers in gravel-bed streams, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L08402, doi:10.1029/ 2004GL021772.
49. Wilcock, P. R., and B. W. McArdell (1993), Surface-based fractional transport rates: Mobilization thresholds and partial transport of a sand-gravel sediment, Water Resour. Res., 29, 1297-1312.
50. Wilcock, P. R., S. T. Kenworthy, and J. C. Crowe (2001), Experimental study of the transport of mixed sand and gravel, Water Resour. Res., 37, 3349-3358.