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Response of river channel patterns to the spatially varying suspended sediment concentrations | |
Xu, JX![]() | |
1998-04-01 | |
Source Publication | SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES
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Volume | 41Issue:2Pages:179-186 |
Abstract | River channel pattern transformation is dealt with in a broad background of suspended sediment concentration, varying from low, medium, high to hyperconcentration. Based on data from about 100 alluvial rivers in China, suspended sediment transport rate has been plotted against mean annual water discharge, showing that ail points can be divided into four belts by three straight lines, as stable braided pattern, meandering pattern with ordinary sediment concentrations, wandering braided pattern, and meandering pattern with hyperconcentration of sediment. This picture of channel pattern transformation can be well explained by the law of the water flow's energy expenditure varying with its sediment concentration. The energy expenditure increases with sediment concentration, reaching a maximum, then declines. Rivers falling in different ranges of sediment concentrations adjust their own energy expenditure in different manners, leading to occurrence of different channel patterns. |
Subtype | Article |
Keyword | Channel Pattern Transformation Energy Expenditure Of Rivers Suspended Sediment Concentration River Channel Adjustment China |
WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
WOS Subject Extended | Geology |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Subject | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS ID | WOS:000073104800010 |
Publisher | SCIENCE PRESS |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/68168 |
Collection | 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Xu, JX |
Affiliation | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xu, JX. Response of river channel patterns to the spatially varying suspended sediment concentrations[J]. SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES,1998,41(2):179-186. |
APA | Xu, JX.(1998).Response of river channel patterns to the spatially varying suspended sediment concentrations.SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES,41(2),179-186. |
MLA | Xu, JX."Response of river channel patterns to the spatially varying suspended sediment concentrations".SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES 41.2(1998):179-186. |
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