Abstract
A numerical model of sediment sorting in meandering rivers is presented. In natural rivers, the spatial distribution of sediment mean size, along with that of the flow field and bed topography, is intimately tied to channel curvature. Coarser sediment, for example, tends to move along the inner bank upstream of the bend apex, and then crosses to the outer bank near the apex. This tendency for local spatial segregation of grain sizes of heterogeneous sediments is known as sediment sorting.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1439-1444 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 Jan 1 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 27th Congress of the International Association of Hydraulic Research, IAHR. Part D - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: 1997 Aug 10 → 1997 Aug 15 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1997 27th Congress of the International Association of Hydraulic Research, IAHR. Part D |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 97/8/10 → 97/8/15 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)