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20: 284:, s is the relative particle density, d is an effective particle diameter which is entrained by the flow, and g is gravity. Meyer-Peter-Müller formula for the bed load capacity under equilibrium and uniform flow conditions states that the magnitude of the bed load flux 101:
described by Parker and Klingeman (1982), wherein larger particles protrude from the bed whereas small particles are shielded and hidden by larger particles, with the result that nearly all grain sizes become entrained at nearly the same shear stress.
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Experimental observations suggest that a uniform free-surface flow over a cohesion-less plane bed is unable to entrain sediments below a critical value
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required to entrain a grain is linearly proportional to the diameter of the grain. However, the degree of size selectivity is restricted by the
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which results from the stones colliding with each other and against the river channel, thus removing the rough texture (
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Ashworth, Philip J.; Ferguson, Robert I. (1989). "Size-selective entrainment of bed load in gravel bed streams".
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of sediments also plays a role in relation to downstream fining: smaller-than average particles are more easily
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Generally, bed load downstream will be smaller and more rounded than bed load upstream (a process known as
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for unit width is proportional to the excess of shear stress with respect to a critical one
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describes particles in a flowing fluid (usually water) that are transported along the
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Parker, Gary; Klingeman, Peter C. (2010). "On why gravel bed streams are paved".
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Particles in a flowing fluid that are transported along the bed
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Bed load is complementary to 537: 496: 461: 434: 411: 382: 227: 215: 1: 427: 372:of the excess Shields stress 1500:Universal Soil Loss Equation 1450:Hydrological transport model 1344:Storm Water Management Model 7: 73:). This is due in part to 10: 2006: 1864:Coastal sediment transport 1004:Antecedent drainage stream 334:{\displaystyle \tau _{*c}} 174:. This quantity reads as: 128:{\displaystyle \tau _{*c}} 1954: 1933: 1892: 1851: 1768: 1740:River valley civilization 1702: 1641: 1623:Riparian-zone restoration 1523: 1385: 1357: 1258: 1230: 1162: 984: 851: 768: 690: 601: 167:{\displaystyle \tau _{*}} 23:Bed load sediment in the 1803:Countries without rivers 1778:Rivers by discharge rate 1490:Runoff model (reservoir) 1455:Infiltration (hydrology) 509:Water Resources Research 470:Water Resources Research 443:Water Resources Research 1475:River Continuum Concept 1240:Agricultural wastewater 490:10.1029/WR025i004p00627 455:10.1029/WR018i005p01409 1798:River name etymologies 1725:Hydraulic civilization 1583:Floodplain restoration 1359:Point source pollution 1134:Sedimentary structures 418: 362: 335: 305: 274: 243: 168: 129: 36: 1410:Discharge (hydrology) 1372:Industrial wastewater 853:Sedimentary processes 419: 363: 361:{\displaystyle q_{s}} 336: 306: 304:{\displaystyle q_{s}} 275: 273:{\displaystyle u_{*}} 244: 169: 130: 22: 1515:Volumetric flow rate 1099:Riffle-pool sequence 530:10.1029/2001WR000669 376: 345: 315: 288: 257: 181: 151: 139:(destabilizing) and 109: 1689:Whitewater kayaking 1684:Whitewater canoeing 1485:Runoff curve number 1329:Flood pulse concept 521:2002WRR....38.1264P 482:1989WRR....25..627A 213: 87:selective transport 1845:Sediment transport 1715:Aquatic toxicology 1628:Stream restoration 1593:Infiltration basin 1445:Hydrological model 961:Sediment transport 784:Estavelle/Inversac 662:Subterranean river 414: 358: 331: 301: 270: 239: 199: 164: 125: 37: 1972: 1971: 1884:Bed material load 1869:Fluvial processes 1811: 1810: 1788:Whitewater rivers 1694:Whitewater slalom 1525:River engineering 1425:Groundwater model 1386:River measurement 1314:Flood forecasting 1129:Sedimentary basin 986:Fluvial landforms 891:Bed material load 667:River bifurcation 282:friction velocity 237: 71:downstream fining 1997: 1859:Armored mud ball 1838: 1831: 1824: 1815: 1814: 1773:Rivers by length 1608:River morphology 1510:Wetted perimeter 1415:Drainage density 926:Headward erosion 755:Perennial stream 627:Blackwater river 580: 573: 566: 557: 556: 550: 549: 541: 535: 534: 532: 500: 494: 493: 465: 459: 458: 449:(5): 1409–1423. 438: 423: 421: 420: 415: 410: 409: 394: 393: 367: 365: 364: 359: 357: 356: 341:. 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thalweg
Campbell Creek
Alaska
stream bed
suspended load
wash load
saltating
downstream fining
attrition
abrasion
rounding
selective transport
entrained
shear stress
hydrodynamic
gravitational
Shields
friction velocity
monotonically increasing nonlinear function
doi
10.1029/WR018i005p01409
Bibcode
1989WRR....25..627A
doi
10.1029/WR025i004p00627
"Equal mobility of gravel in streams: The remains of the day"
Bibcode
2002WRR....38.1264P
doi

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