River channel lateral mobility: Metrics, time scales, and controls

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 396-412

  Wickert, Andrew D ^a   Martin, John M ^b   Tal, Michal ^c   Kim, Wonsuck ^d   Sheets, Ben ^e   Paola, Chris ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e BARR ENGINEERING COMPANY   (United States)

^f University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

alluvial rivers; avulsion; channel mobility; data analysis; experiment; sediment flux

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; AVULSION; BRAIDED RIVER; DELTA; MOBILITY; REWORKING; RIVER CHANNEL;

EID: 84880667606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002386     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Alber, C., R. Ware, C. Rocken, and, J. Braun, (2000), Obtaining single path phase delays from GPS double differences, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 (17), 2661-2664, doi: 10.1029/2000GL011525. (Pubitemid 32040232)
2. Beard, D. C., and, P. K. Weyl, (1973), Influence of texture on porosity and permeability of unconsolidated sand, AAPG Bull., 57 (2), 349-369.
3. Bryant, M., P. Falk, and, C. Paola, (1995), Experimental study of avulsion frequency and rate of deposition, Geology (Boulder), 23 (4), 365-368, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0365:ESOAFA>2.3.CO;2.
4. Cazanacli, D., C. Paola, and, G. Parker, (2002), Experimental steep, braided flow; application to flooding risk on fans, J. Hydraul. Eng., 128 (3), 322-33, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2002)128:3(322).
5. Church, M., (2006), Bed material transport and the morphology of alluvial river channels, Annu. Rev. Earth Pl. Sc., 34 (1), 325-354, doi: 10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122721. (Pubitemid 43853621)
6. Constantine, C. R., T. Dunne, and, G. J. Hanson, (2009), Examining the physical meaning of the bank erosion coefficient used in meander migration modeling, Geomorphology, 106 (3-4), 242-252, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.11. 002.
7. Dickey, D. A., and, W. A. Fuller, (1979), Distribution of the estimators for autoregressive time series with a unit root, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., 74 (366a), 427-431, doi: 10.1080/01621459.1979.10482531.
8. Dickey, D. A., and, W. A. Fuller, (1981), Likelihood ratio statistics for autoregressive time series with a unit root, Econometrica, 49 (4), 1057, doi: 10.2307/1912517.
9. Dunne, T., J. A. Constantine, and, M. B. Singer, (2010), The role of sediment transport and sediment supply in the evolution of river channel and floodplain complexity, Trans., Jpn. Geomorphol. Union, 31 (2), 155-170.
10. Frazier, D., (1967), Recent deltaic deposits of the Mississippi River: their development and chronology, Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., 17, 287-315.
11. Furbish, D. J., (1988), River-bend curvature and migration: How are they related? Geology, 16 (8), 752, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0752: RBCAMH>2.3.CO;2.
12. Furbish, D. J., (1991), Spatial autoregressive structure in meander evolution, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 103 (12), 1576-1589, doi: 10.1130/0016- 7606(1991)103<1576:SASIME>2.3.CO;2.
13. Güneralp, I., and, B. L. Rhoads, (2009), Empirical analysis of the planform curvature-migration relation of meandering rivers, Water Resour. Res., 45 (9), 1-15, doi: 10.1029/2008WR007533.
14. Güneralp, I., and, B. L. Rhoads, (2010), Spatial autoregressive structure of meander evolution revisited, Geomorphology, 120 (3-4), 91-106, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.02.010.
15. Güneralp, I., and, B. L. Rhoads, (2011), Influence of floodplain erosional heterogeneity on planform complexity of meandering rivers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38 (14), 2-7, doi: 10.1029/2011GL048134.
16. Hickin, E. J., and, G. C. Nanson, (1975), The character of channel migration on the Beatton River, Northeast British Columbia, Canada, Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 86 (4), 487-494, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1975)86<487:TCOCMO>2.0. CO;2.
17. Hooke, J. M., (1980), Magnitude and distribution of rates of river bank erosion, Earth Surf. Process, 5 (2), 143-157, doi: 10.1002/esp.3760050205.
18. Hooke, R. L., (1975), Distribution of sediment transport and shear stress in a meander bend, J. Geol., 83 (5), 543-565, doi: 10.1086/628140.
19. Howard, A. D., (2009), How to make a meandering river, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106 (41), 17, 245-6, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0910005106.
20. Howard, A. D., and, T. R. Knutson, (1984), Sufficient conditions for river meandering: A simulation approach, Water Resour. Res., 20 (11), 1659-1667, doi: 10.1029/WR020i011p01659.
21. Jerolmack, D. J., and, D. Mohrig, (2007), Conditions for branching in depositional rivers, Geology, 35 (5), 463-466, doi: 10.1130/G23308A.1.
22. Kim, W., C. Paola, V. R. Voller, and, J. B. Swenson, (2006a), Experimental measurement of the relative importance of controls on shoreline migration, J. Sediment. Res., 76 (2), 270-283, doi: 10.2110/jsr.2006.019. (Pubitemid 43355718)
23. Kim, W., C. Paola, J. B. Swenson, and, V. R. Voller, (2006b), Shoreline response to autogenic processes of sediment storage and release in the fluvial system, J. Geophys. Res., 111, F04013, doi: 10.1029/2006JF000470.
24. Kim, W., B. Sheets, and, C. Paola, (2010), Steering of experimental channels by lateral basin tilting, Basin. Res., 22 (3), 286-301, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00419.X.
25. Leeder, M. R., (1978), A quantitative stratigraphic model for alluvium, with special reference to channel deposit density and interconnectedness, in Fluvial Sedimentology: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, edited by, A. D. Miall, vol. 5, pp. 587-596, Calgary, AB, Canada.
26. Martin, J., B. Sheets, C. Paola, and, D. Hoyal, (2009), Influence of steady base-level rise on channel mobility, shoreline migration, and scaling properties of a cohesive experimental delta, J. Geophys. Res., 114, F03,017, doi: 10.1029/2008JF001142.
27. Martin, J. M., (2007), Quantitative sequence stratigraphy, Ph.D. thesis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA.
28. McElroy, B., and, D. Mohrig, (2009), Nature of deformation of sandy bed forms, J. Geophys. Res., 114, F00A04, doi: 10.1029/2008JF001220.
29. Mohrig, D., P. L. Heller, C. Paola, and, W. J. Lyons, (2000), Interpreting avulsion process from ancient alluvial sequences; Guadalope-Matarranya system (northern Spain) and Wasatch Formation (western Colorado), Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 112 (12), 1787-1803, doi: 10.1130/0016- 7606(2000)112<1787:IAPFAA>2.0.CO;2. (Pubitemid 32832277)
30. Nanson, G. C., and, E. J. Hickin, (1983), Channel migration and incision on the Beatton River, J. Hydraul. Eng., 109 (3), 327-337, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1983)109:3(327). (Pubitemid 126133)
31. Neill, C., (1971), River bed transport related to meander migration rates, J. Waterways, Harbors Coastal Eng. Div., 97 (4), 783-786.
32. Overeem, I., J. Syvitski, and, E. Hutton, (2005), Three-dimensional numerical modeling of deltas, in River Deltas: Concepts, Models, and Examples, edited by, L. Giosan, and, J. P. Bhattacharya, vol. 83, pp. 13-30, SEPM Special Publication, Tulsa, OK, USA.
33. Parker, G., (1979), Hydraulic geometry of active gravel rivers, J. Hydr. Div., 105 (9), 1185-1201. (Pubitemid 9465373)
34. Parker, G., Y. Shimizu, G. V. Wilkerson, E. C. Eke, J. D. Abad, J. W. Lauer, C. Paola, W. E. Dietrich, and, V. R. Voller, (2011), A new framework for modeling the migration of meandering rivers, Earth Surf. Proc. Land., 36 (1), 70-86, doi: 10.1002/esp.2113.
35. Pollen, N., and, A. Simon, (2005), Estimating the mechanical effects of riparian vegetation on stream bank stability using a fiber bundle model, Water Resour. Res., 41 (7), W07025, doi: 10.1029/2004WR003801.
36. Popov, I. V., (1962a), A sediment balance of river reaches and its use for the characteristics of the channel process, Sov. Hydrol. (Trudy GGI), 1, 3-21.
37. Popov, I. V., (1962b), Application of morphological analysis to the evaluation of the general channel deformations of the river Ob', Sov. Hydrol. (Trudy GGI), 1, 267-324.
38. Powell, E. J., W. Kim, and, T. Muto, (2012), Varying discharge controls on timescales of autogenic storage and release processes in fluvio-deltaic environments: Tank experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 117 (F2), 1-14, doi: 10.1029/2011JF002097.
39. Pyrce, R. S., and, P. E. Ashmore, (2003), Particle path length distributions in meandering gravel-bed streams: results from physical models, Earth Surf. Proc. Land., 28 (9), 951-966, doi: 10.1002/esp.498. (Pubitemid 37178400)
40. Reitz, M. D., and, D. J. Jerolmack, (2012), Experimental alluvial fan evolution: Channel dynamics, slope controls, and shoreline growth, J. Geophys. Res., 117 (F2), 1-19, doi: 10.1029/2011JF002261.
41. Reitz, M. D., D. J. Jerolmack, and, J. B. Swenson, (2010), Flooding and flow path selection on alluvial fans and deltas, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37 (6), L06,401, doi: 10.1029/2009GL041985.
42. Roberts, H. H., (1998), Delta switching: early responses to the Atchafalaya River diversion, J. Coastal. Res., 14 (3), 882-899. (Pubitemid 28382711)
43. Sapozhnikov, V. B., and, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, (1997), Experimental evidence of dynamic scaling and indications of self-organized criticality in braided rivers, Water Resour. Res., 33 (8), 1983-1991. (Pubitemid 27335795)
44. Sheets, B. A., C. Paola, and, J. M. Kelberer, (2007), Creation and preservation of channel-form sand bodies in an experimental alluvial system, in Sedimentary Processes, Environments and Basins: A Tribute to Peter Friend, edited by, G. J. Nichols, E. Williams, and, C. Paola, pp. 555-568, Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
45. Simon, A., and, A. J. C. Collison, (2002), Quantifying the mechanical and hydrologic effects of riparian vegetation on streambank stability, Earth Surf. Proc. Land., 27 (5), 527-546, doi: 10.1002/esp.325. (Pubitemid 34598525)
46. Tal, M., and, C. Paola, (2007), Dynamic single-thread channels maintained by the interaction of flow and vegetation, Geology, 35 (4), 347-350, doi: 10.1130/G23260A.1. (Pubitemid 46554704)
47. Tal, M., and, C. Paola, (2010), Effects of vegetation on channel morphodynamics: results and insights from laboratory experiments, Earth Surf. Proc. Land., 35 (9), 1014-1028, doi: 10.1002/esp.1908.
48. Wickert, A. D., (2007), Measuring channel mobility through the analysis of area-based change in analog experiments, with insights into alluvial environments, S.B. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.