Bedload transport: a walk between randomness and determinism. Part 1. The state of the art

C Ancey - Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper outlines the various approaches used to calculate bedload transport. As bedload
transport exhibits considerable spatial and temporal variations, computing the bedload …

Reevaluating dune scaling relations

RW Bradley, JG Venditti - Earth-science reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
In sand-bedded rivers, dunes dominate sediment transport and flow resistance. Dunes are
also commonly preserved in fluvial deposits as cross-stratified units that record their size …

Rapidly migrating secondary bedforms can persist on the lee of slowly migrating primary river dunes

JY Zomer, S Naqshband, B Vermeulen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Trains of secondary bedforms, superimposed on primary dunes, have been observed in
rivers worldwide. To date, it has remained unclear how these secondary bedforms affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling behavior of bedload transport: what if Bagnold was right?

C Ancey, A Recking - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a paradox in the relationship between bedload transport rates and flow variables:
laboratory and field studies have reported on how bedload transport rates depend on flow …

Modeling riverbed elevation and bedload tracer transport resting times using fractional Laplace motion

Z Wu, A Singh - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Riverbed elevations play a crucial role in sediment transport and flow resistance, making it
essential to understand and quantify their effects. This knowledge is vital for various fields …

Are bedload transport pulses in gravel bed rivers created by bar migration or sediment waves?

B Dhont, C Ancey - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bedload transport exhibits considerable spatial and temporal variability, as reflected by
large fluctuations of transport rates. Among the various mechanisms proposed for explaining …

Landscape reorganization under changing climatic forcing: Results from an experimental landscape

A Singh, L Reinhardt… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how landscapes respond to climate dynamics in terms of macroscale
(average topographic features) and microscale (landform reorganization) is of interest both …

Observations of dune interactions from DEMs using through-water Structure from Motion

RCT van Scheltinga, G Coco, MG Kleinhans… - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of three-dimensionality (3D) in modulating both flow and sediment transport
remains poorly understood. 3D bed elevation measurements are difficult to obtain due to …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating sand bed load in rivers by tracking dunes: a comparison of methods based on bed elevation time series

KCP Leary, D Buscombe - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2020 - esurf.copernicus.org
Quantifying bed-load transport is paramount to the effective management of rivers with sand
or gravel-dominated bed material. However, a practical and scalable field methodology for …

Exploring a semimechanistic episodic Langevin model for bed load transport: Emergence of normal and anomalous advection and diffusion regimes

N Fan, A Singh, M Guala… - Water Resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bed load transport is a highly stochastic, multiscale process, where particle advection and
diffusion regimes are governed by the dynamics of each sediment grain during its motion …