Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1029/2018GL077526 |
Intense Granular Sheetflow in Steep Streams | |
Palucis, Marisa C.1,2; Ulizio, Tom1; Fuller, Brian1; Lamb, Michael P.1 | |
2018-06-16 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
![]() |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 45期号:11页码:5509-5517 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Quantifying sediment transport rates in mountainous streams is important for hazard prediction, stream restoration, and landscape evolution. While much of the channel network has steep bed slopes, little is known about the mechanisms of sediment transport for bed slopes between 10% < S < 30%, where both fluvial transport and debris flows occur. To explore these slopes, we performed experiments in a 12-m-long sediment recirculating flume with a nearly uniform gravel bed. At 20% and 30% bed gradients, we observed a 4-to-10 particle-diameter thick, highly concentrated sheetflow layer between the static bed below and the more dilute bedload layer above. Sheetflow thickness increased with steeper bed slopes, and particle velocities increased with bed shear velocity. Sheetflows occurred at Shields stresses close to the predicted bedload-to-debris flow transition, suggesting a change of behavior from bedload to sheetflow to debris flow as the bed steepens. Plain Language Summary Sediment transport within mountain rivers controls their shape, supplies sediment downstream for aquatic habitat, and can be a major hazard to life and infrastructure. Sediment tends to move by river processes where channel slopes are relatively gentle and by debris flows at very steep gradients; however, the mode of transport is not understood for the range of bed slopes in between. To address this knowledge gap, we performed laboratory experiments in a steep, 12-m-long flume to determine when and where river processes transition to debris flows. Surprisingly, we found a distinct third mode of transport developed called sheetflow. Sheetflows are dense granular slurries that are a hybrid between traditional river transport and debris flows. They occur on lower gradient sandy beds under high shear stresses but have not been previously documented in steep mountain streams. We map the parameter space where sheetflows occur, and quantify controls on their thickness and particle velocities. Our results indicate that there is a continuum of behavior as a channel bed steepens, from river to sheetflow to debris flow processes, which has significant implications for predicting sediment fluxes and channel bed morphology in mountain streams. |
英文关键词 | debris flow steep mountain streams sheetflow geomorphology fluvial sediment transport |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000436249900033 |
WOS关键词 | BED-LOAD TRANSPORT ; INCIPIENT SEDIMENT MOTION ; DEBRIS-FLOW INITIATION ; FLUID PRESSURE ; VELOCITY ; TRANSITION ; RESISTANCE ; PROFILES ; MOBILITY ; SLOPES |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/27367 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.CALTECH, Div Geol & Planetary Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA; 2.Dartmouth Coll, Dept Earth Sci, Hanover, NH 03755 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Palucis, Marisa C.,Ulizio, Tom,Fuller, Brian,et al. Intense Granular Sheetflow in Steep Streams[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,45(11):5509-5517. |
APA | Palucis, Marisa C.,Ulizio, Tom,Fuller, Brian,&Lamb, Michael P..(2018).Intense Granular Sheetflow in Steep Streams.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,45(11),5509-5517. |
MLA | Palucis, Marisa C.,et al."Intense Granular Sheetflow in Steep Streams".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45.11(2018):5509-5517. |
条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。
修改评论