The continuous monitoring of bed load flux in various fluvial environments

Jonathan B. Laronne; Yulia Alexandrov; Nathaniel Bergman; Hai Cohen; Celso Garcia; Helmut Habersack; D. Mark Powell; Ian Reid

The continuous monitoring of bed load flux in various fluvial environments

Jonathan B. Laronne, Yulia Alexandrov, Nathaniel Bergman, Hai Cohen, Celso Garcia, Helmut Habersack, D. Mark Powell, Ian Reid

Department of Environmental, Geoinformatics and Urban Planning Sciences

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Abstract

We present detailed advantages and limitations of an accurate, reliable, durable and relatively cheap means of continuously monitoring bed load flux and texture using Birkbeck-type slot samplers based on almost a quarter of a century of data. These have been derived from alpine, mid-latitude perennial, Mediterranean, semiarid, and arid fluvial settings in rivers 1-40 m wide that have characteristic surface bed materials in the sand-granule to cobble range. Methods of construction and principles of operation, calibration, data handling, ranges of flux rates and textural characteristics of bed load are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	134-145
Number of pages	12
Journal	IAHS-AISH Publication
Issue number	283
State	Published - 1 Dec 2003
Event	Erosion Sediment Transport Measurement in Rivers: Techlogical and Methodological Advances - Oslo, Norway Duration: 19 Jun 2002 → 21 Jun 2002

Keywords

Bed load flux
Cessation of motion
Incipient motion
Sampling
Texture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Water Science and Technology
Oceanography

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