Ground-penetrating radar and its use in sedimentology: principles, problems and progress

A Neal - Earth-science reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR, also referred to as ground-probing radar, surface-
penetrating radar, subsurface radar, georadar or impulse radar) is a noninvasive …

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 …

[图书][B] Fluvial depositional systems

AD Miall - 2014 - Springer
In an earlier book, The Geology of Fluvial Deposits (1996), I set out in detail modern
methods of facies and architectural analysis of fluvial deposits, and used numerous case …

[图书][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 …

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 …

Cambrian to Devonian evolution of alluvial systems: the sedimentological impact of the earliest land plants

NS Davies, MR Gibling - Earth-Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
In present-day alluvial environments, the impact of vegetation on sedimentological
processes and deposits is well known. A vegetated catchment may decrease sediment yield …

The role of discharge variability in the formation and preservation of alluvial sediment bodies

CR Fielding, J Alexander, JP Allen - Sedimentary Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Extant, planform-based facies models for alluvial deposits are not fully fit for purpose,
because they over-emphasise plan form whereas there is little in the alluvial rock record that …

A quantitative, three‐dimensional depositional model of gravelly braided rivers

IA Lunt, JS Bridge, RS Tye - Sedimentology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
A quantitative, three‐dimensional depositional model of gravelly, braided rivers has been
developed based largely on the deposits of the Sagavanirktok River in northern Alaska …

Physics‐based modeling of large braided sand‐bed rivers: Bar pattern formation, dynamics, and sensitivity

F Schuurman, WA Marra… - Journal of geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Braided rivers have complicated and dynamic bar patterns, which are challenging to fully
understand and to predict both qualitatively and quantitatively. Linear theory ignores …

Fluvial process and morphology of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India

JN Sarma - Geomorphology, 2005 - Elsevier
The Brahmaputra River finds its origin in the Chema Yundung glacier of Tibet and flows
through India and Bangladesh. The slope of the river decreases suddenly in front of the …