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Constraining Environmental Conditions (Fluvial Fans). Flow and Sediment Transport Relations. Expanding Flow. Sandy channels. Gravel channels. Expanding Flow Model (bedload) Parker et al. (1998). Reduce: n = 3/2 ( bedload );. Terrestrial Fans (Stock et al., 2008), Experimental Fans.
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Constraining Environmental Conditions (Fluvial Fans) Flow and Sediment Transport Relations
Expanding Flow Sandy channels Gravel channels
Expanding Flow Model (bedload) Parker et al. (1998) Reduce: n = 3/2 (bedload); Terrestrial Fans (Stock et al., 2008), Experimental Fans No Dependence on g, D, or Flow Width!
Bedload-Dominated Sand Suspension-Dominated Sand Straight to Concave Profiles Convexo-Concave Profiles
Bedload-Dominated Sand Straight to Concave Profiles
Bedload-Dominated Sand Experiments Vary Qw Lines are Theoretical Prediction (no tuning of parameters)
Bedload-Dominated Sand Experiments Vary Qso Lines are Theoretical Prediction (no tuning of parameters)
Suspension-Dominated Sand Convexo-Concave Profiles
Suspension-Dominated Sand Experiments Vary Qw Lines are Theoretical Prediction (no tuning of parameters)
Suspension-Dominated Sand Experiments Vary Qso Lines are Theoretical Prediction (no tuning of parameters)
Suspension-Dominated Coal Experiments Lines are Theoretical Prediction (sediment transport coefficient tuned to match lowest Qso/Qw point)