The fluid dynamics of river dunes: A review and some future research directions

J Best - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Dunes are present in nearly all fluvial channels and are vital in predicting flow resistance,
sediment transport, and deposition within many rivers. Progress in understanding the fluid …

Fluvial facies models: recent developments

JS Bridge - 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent development of fluvial facies models has been due to improved description of
natural river and floodplain processes and deposits using:(1) ground-penetrating radar …

[BOOK][B] Rivers and floodplains: forms, processes, and sedimentary record

JS Bridge - 2003 - books.google.com
Rivers and Floodplains is concerned with the origin, geometry, water flow, sediment
transport, erosion and deposition associated with modern alluvial rivers and floodplains …

Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers

H Ma, JA Nittrouer, X Fu, G Parker, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
River dams provide many benefits, including flood control. However, due to constantly
evolving channel morphology, downstream conveyance of floodwaters following dam …

Morphodynamics and sedimentary structures of bedforms under supercritical‐flow conditions: new insights from flume experiments

MJB Cartigny, D Ventra, G Postma… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Supercritical‐flow phenomena are fairly common in modern sedimentary environments, yet
their recognition and analysis remain difficult in the stratigraphic record. This fact is …

Dunes in the world's big rivers are characterized by low-angle lee-side slopes and a complex shape

J Cisneros, J Best, T van Dijk, RP Almeida… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Dunes form critical agents of bedload transport in all of the world's big rivers, and constitute
appreciable sources of bed roughness and flow resistance. Dunes also generate …

Mean flow and turbulence structure over fixed, two‐dimensional dunes: Implications for sediment transport and bedform stability

SJ Bennett, JL Best - Sedimentology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed measurements of flow velocity and its turbulent fluctuation were obtained over
fixed, two‐dimensional dunes in a laboratory channel. Laser Doppler anemometry was used …

Upper flow regime sheets, lenses and scour fills: extending the range of architectural elements for fluvial sediment bodies

CR Fielding - Sedimentary Geology, 2006 - Elsevier
Fluvial strata dominated internally by sedimentary structures of interpreted upper flow
regime origin are moderately common in the rock record, yet their abundance is not …

Predicting bedforms and primary current stratification in cohesive mixtures of mud and sand

JH Baas, JL Best, J Peakall - Journal of the Geological Society, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
The use of sedimentary structures as indicators of flow and sediment morphodynamics in
ancient sediments lies at the very heart of sedimentology, and allows reconstruction of …

Debris flow and hyperconcentrated flood-flow deposits in an alluvial fan, northwestern part of the Cretaceous Yongdong Basin, Central Korea

YK Sohn, CW Rhee, BC Kim - The Journal of Geology, 1999 - journals.uchicago.edu
The alluvial-fan deposits in the Cretaceous Yongdong Basin, Korea, consist of
conglomerates with a muddy or sandy matrix and sandstones with thick or thin laminations …