Flow resistance in gravel-bed rivers: Progress in research

DM Powell - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Resistance to flow determines several important hydraulic parameters in streams and rivers
and must be properly represented in models for estimating water discharge and sediment …

The concept of transport capacity in geomorphology

J Wainwright, AJ Parsons, JR Cooper… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The notion of sediment‐transport capacity has been engrained in geomorphological and
related literature for over 50 years, although its earliest roots date back explicitly to Gilbert in …

Storm response of fluvial sedimentary microplastics

A Ockelford, A Cundy, JE Ebdon - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Up to 80% of the plastics in the oceans are believed to have been transferred from river
networks. Microplastic contamination of river sediments has been found to be pervasive at …

Bedload transport rate prediction: Application of novel hybrid data mining techniques

K Khosravi, JR Cooper, P Daggupati, BT Pham… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The accurate prediction of bedload transport in gravel-bed rivers remains a significant
challenge in river science. However the potential for data mining algorithms to provide …

Transferable wavelet method for grain‐size distribution from images of sediment surfaces and thin sections, and other natural granular patterns

D Buscombe - Sedimentology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In images of sedimentary or granular material, or simulations of binary (two‐phase) granular
media, in which the individual grains are resolved, the complete size distribution of apparent …

Multiple fluvial processes detected by riverside seismic and infrasound monitoring of a controlled flood in the Grand Canyon

B Schmandt, RC Aster, D Scherler… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
As rivers transport water and sediment across Earth's surface, they radiate elastic and
acoustic waves. We use seismic and infrasound observations during a controlled flood …

The effect of hydrographs on bed load transport and bed sediment spatial arrangement

L Mao - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Field measurements of sediment transport in gravel bed rivers often reveal hysteretic effects
due to differences in sediment availability between the rising and falling limbs of a flood …

A comparative ensemble approach to bedload prediction using metaheuristic machine learning

AA Mir, M Patel, F Albalawi, M Bajaj, MB Tuka - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
An adequate bedload prediction is a challenging task in hydraulic engineering because of
the complex sediment transport processes and corresponding environmental factors. The …

Experimental observations of bedload tracer movement: Effects of mixed particle sizes and bedforms

A Singh, Z Wu, P Wilcock… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the transport of bedload tracer particles is a problem of significant theoretical and
practical interest. Yet, little understanding exists for transport in rivers in the presence of …

The effects of flood history on sediment transport in gravel-bed rivers

L Mao - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
The transport of coarse sediment during floods often exhibits hysteresis patterns from
changes in flow fields, channel geometry, bedforms, or sediment supply conditions. Flume …