Rebecca A. Hodge, Hal E. Voepel, Elowyn M. Yager, Julian Leyland, Joel P. L. Johnson, David A. Sear, Sharif Ahmed
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Abstract
Understanding when gravel moves in river beds is essential for a range of different applications but is still surprisingly hard to predict. Here we consider how our ability to predict critical shear stress (τc) is being improved by recent advances in two areas: (1) identifying the onset of bedload transport; and (2) quantifying grain-scale gravel bed structure. This paper addresses these areas through both an in-depth review and a comparison of new datasets of gravel structure collected using three different methods. We focus on advances in these two areas because of the need to understand how the conditions for sediment entrainment vary spatially and temporally, and because spatial and temporal changes in grain-scale structure are likely to be a major driver of changes in τc. We use data collected from a small gravel-bed stream using direct field-based measurements, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and computed tomography (CT) scanning, which is the first time that these methods have been directly compared. Using each method, we measure structure-relevant metrics including grain size distribution, grain protrusion and fine matrix content. We find that all three methods produce consistent measures of grain size, but that there is less agreement between measurements of grain protrusion and fine matrix content.
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Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is an interdisciplinary international journal concerned with:
the interactions between surface processes and landforms and landscapes;
that lead to physical, chemical and biological changes; and which in turn create;
current landscapes and the geological record of past landscapes.
Its focus is core to both physical geographical and geological communities, and also the wider geosciences