Planform geometry and channel migration of confined meandering rivers on the Canadian prairies

Geomorphology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-47

  Nicoll, Tami J ^a   Hickin, Edward J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel migration; Confined meanders; Planform geometry

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MEANDER; MORPHOMETRY; PRAIRIE;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 75749154360     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Bagnold R.A. Some Aspects of the Shape of River Meanders. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 282E, Washington, DC (1960)
2. Beeson C.E., and Doyle P.F. Comparison of bank erosion at vegetated and non-vegetated channel bends. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 31 6 (1995) 983-990
3. Brice J.C. Stream channel stability assessment. Final Report, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC (1982)
4. Brice J.C. Planform properties of meandering rivers. In: Elliott C.M. (Ed). River Meandering. Proceedings of the Conference on Rivers 1983 (1984), ASCE, New York 1-15
5. Burckhardt J.D., and Todd B.L. Riparian forest effect on lateral stream channel migration in the glacial till plains. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 34 (1998) 179-184
6. Burge L.M., and Smith D.G. Confined meandering river eddy accretions: sedimentology, channel geometry and depositional processes. Special Publications of the International Association on Sediment 28 (1999) 113-130
7. Carson M.A., and Lapointe M.F. The inherent asymmetry of river meander planform. Journal of Geology 91 (1983) 41-55
8. Dury G.H. Principles of underfit streams. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 452-A, Washington, DC (1964)
9. Eaton B., Church M., and Ham D. Scaling and regionalization of flood flows in British Columbia, Canada. Hydrological Processes 16 16 (2002) 3245-3263
10. Ferguson R.I. Kinematic model of meander migration. In: Elliott C.M. (Ed). River Meandering. Proceedings of the Conference on Rivers 1983 (1984), ASCE, New York 942-951
11. Gilvear D., Winterbottom S., and Sinchingabula H. Character of channel planform change and meander development: Luangwa River, Zambia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 25 (2000) 421-436
12. Gurnell A. Channel change on the River Dee meanders, 1946-1992, from the analysis of air photographs. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 13 (1997) 13-26
13. Gurnell A., Downward S.R., and Jones R. Channel planform change on the River Dee meanders, 1876-1992. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 9 (1994) 187-204
14. Hickin E.J. Hydraulic factors controlling channel migration. In: Davidson-Arnott R.E., and Nickling W. (Eds). Research into Fluvial Systems. Proceedings of the 5th Guelph Symposium on Geomorphology 1977 (1978), GeoAbstracts, Norwich, UK 59-66
15. Hickin E.J. Concave-bank benches on the Squamish River, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16 1 (1979) 200-203
16. Hickin E.J. Concave-bank benches in the floodplains of Muskwa and Fort Nelson Rivers, British Columbia. Canadian Geographer 30 2 (1986) 111-122
17. Hickin E.J. Lateral migration rates of river bends. In: Cheremisinoff P.N., and Cheng S.L. (Eds). Handbook of Civil Engineering. Hydraulics/Mechanics vol. 2 (1988), Technomic Publishing, Lancaster, PA 419-445
18. Hickin E.J., and Nanson G.C. The character of channel migration on the Beatton River, northeast British Columbia, Canada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 86 (1975) 487-494
19. Hickin E.J., and Nanson G.C. Lateral migration rates of river bends. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-ASCE 110 (1984) 1557-1567
20. Hooke J.M. The distribution and nature of changes in river channel patterns: the example of Devon. In: Gregory K.J. (Ed). River Channel Changes (1977), Wiley, Chichester, UK 206-220
21. Hooke J.M. Magnitude and distribution of rates of river bank erosion. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 5 (1980) 143-157
22. Hooke J.M. Changes in river meanders: a review of techniques and results of analyses. Progress in Physical Geography 8 4 (1984) 473-508
23. Hooke J.M. Complexity, self-organization and variation in behaviour in meandering rivers. Geomorphology 91 (2007) 236-258
24. Hooke J.M., and Harvey A.M. Meander changes in relation to bend morphology and secondary flows. In: Collinson J., and Lewin J. (Eds). Modern and Ancient Fluvial Systems (1983), Blackwell, Oxford, UK 121-132
25. Hudson P.F., and Kesel R.H. Channel migration and meander-bend curvature in the lower Mississippi River prior to major human modification. Geology 28 6 (2000) 531-534
26. In: Ikeda S., and Parker G. (Eds). River Meandering. Water Resources Monograph vol. 12 (1989), American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
27. Kellerhals R., Neill C.R., and Bray D.I. Hydraulic and geomorphic characteristics of rivers in Alberta. River Engineering and Surface Hydrology Report 72-1, Alberta Research Council, Edmonton (1972)
28. Knighton D. Fluvial Forms and Processes: A New Perspective (1998), Oxford University Press Inc., New York
29. Lawler D.M. Measurement of river bank erosion and lateral channel change: a review. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 18 (1993) 777-821
30. Leopold L.B., and Wolman M.G. River meanders. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 71 (1960) 769-794
31. Leopold L.B., Wolman M.G., and Miller J.P. Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology (1964), W.H. Freeman, San Francisco, CA
32. Lewin J. Changes of channel patterns and floodplains. In: Gregory K.J. (Ed). Background to Paleohydrology (1983), Wiley, Chichester, UK 303-319
33. Lewin J., and Brindle B.J. Confined meanders. In: Gregory K.J. (Ed). River Channel Changes (1977), Wiley, Chichester, UK 221-233
34. Mathews W. Retreat of the Last Ice Sheets in Northeastern British Columbia and Adjacent Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 331, Ottawa, ON (1980)
35. Nanson G.C., and Hickin E.J. Statistical analysis of bank erosion and channel migration in western Canada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 97 (1986) 497-504
36. Nicoll, T.J., 2008. Planform geometry and kinematics of confined meandering rivers on the Canadian prairies. M.Sc. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
37. Page K., and Nanson G. Concave-bank benches and associated floodplain formation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 7 (1982) 529-543
38. Petts G.E. Historical analysis of fluvial hydrosystems. In: Petts G.E., Muller H., and Roux A.L. (Eds). Historical Change of Large Alluvial Rivers: Western Europe (1989), Wiley, Chichester, UK 1-18
39. Richard G.A., Julien P.Y., and Baird D.C. Statistical analysis of lateral migration of the Rio Grande, New Mexico. Geomorphology 71 (2005) 139-155
40. Schattner, I., 1962. The lower Jordan valley. PhD. Thesis, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
41. TRB (Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of the U.S.). Methodology for Predicting Channel Migration. NCHRP Web-Only Document 67 (Project 24-16) (2004) http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_w67.pdf
42. Van De Wiel, M.J., 2003. Numerical modelling of channel adjustment in alluvial meandering rivers with riparian vegetation. PhD. Thesis, University of Southampton, UK.
43. Wellmeyer J., Slattery M., and Phillips J. Quantifying downstream impacts of impoundment on flow regime and channel planform, lower Trinity River, Texas. Geomorphology 69 (2005) 1-13
44. Williams G.P. River meanders and channel size. Journal of Hydrology 88 (1986) 147-164
45. Winterbottom S. Medium and short-term channel planform changes of the Rivers Tay and Tummel, Scotland. Geomorphology 34 (2000) 195-208
46. Winterbottom S., and Gilvear D. A GIS-based approach to mapping probabilities of river bank erosion: regulated River Tummel, Scotland. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 16 (2000) 127-140
47. Yarnykh N.A. Channel and bank deformations in an acute meander. Soviet Hydrology Selected Papers 17 (1978) 278-281