In this paper twelve different empirical resistance coefficients expressed in terms of Manning's roughness are used apiece in seventeen known compositing methods. The data obtained from ten different cross-sections of the Sefidrood River, Iran, are used for the evaluation of the empiricalformulas. The present case-study is selected from a reach with gravel bed topology. Then no remarkable bed f...

A viscous fluid flowing over plastic grains spontaneously generates single-thread channels. With time, these laminar analogues of alluvial rivers reach a reproducible steady state, showing a well-defined width and cross section. In the absence of sediment transport, their shape conforms with the threshold hypothesis which states that, at equilibrium, the combined effects of gravity and flow-ind...

This volume presents a series of papers on the geomorphology, sedimentology and dynamics of alluvial fans, selected from those presented at the 'Alluvial Fans' Conference held in Sorbas, SE Spain in June 2003. The conference was sponsored primarily by the British Geomorphological Research Group and the British Sedimentological Research Group, both organizations affiliated to the Geological Soci...

Within dynamic alluvial riverine corridors, abandoned channels form and experience hydrogeomorphic processes that are distinct from similar elevation surfaces along active channels. Compared with the relatively well-studied role of fluvial disturbance on floodplain plant communities along active channels, the drivers of plant diversity and community dynamics along terrestrializing abandoned cha...

Introduction: Deltas, fans and channels on Mars clearly indicate surface water in the past. These landforms contain valuable information about the duration and magnitude of surface-water flow, with obvious implications for potential life on Mars. Martian fan-shaped deposits such as deltas and alluvial fans show architectural elements similar to those of terrestrial analogs, e.g. lobes, terraces...

[1] Several dozen distinct alluvial fans, 10 to 40 km long downslope, have been observed in highlands craters. Within a search region between 0 and 30 S, alluvial fan-containing craters were found only between 18 and 29 S, and they all occur at around ±1 km of the MOLA-defined Martian datum. Within the study area they are not randomly distributed but instead form three distinct clusters. Fans t...