Abstract
The causes and mechanisms of sedimentation in the lower reach of the Rupnarayan River are explained in connection to stream energy, environment of sediment deposition and understanding of the sediment sources from mineral composition. Seasonal fluctuation of available and critical shear stress, cohesiveness of sediments, sheltering of sediment particles, effects of biological activity and organic content are the main factors to control the mechanisms of sedimentation. Environment of deposition is examined and understood by Linear Discriminate Analysis (LDA) technique and bi-variate plotting of grain size parameters. Hydrodynamic processes working during the deposition of sediments have been identified by C-M plotting. X -ray diffraction (XRD) technique is used to understand the sources of sediments through identification of mineral composition.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Baruah J, Kotoky P, Sarma JN (1997) Textural and geochemical study on river sediments: a case study on the Jhanji river, Assam. J Indian Assoc Sedimentol 16:195–206
Blatt H, Middleton G, Murray R (1980) Origin of sedimentary rocks. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Brambati A (1969) Stratigraphy and sedimentation of Siwaliks of North Eastern India. In: Proceedings of international seminar on intermontane basins: geology and resources, Chiang Mai, Thailand, pp 427–439
Charlton R (2007) Fundamentals of fluvial geomorphology. Routledge, New York, NY, p 234
Clayton J (2010) Local sorting, bend curvature, and particle mobility in meandering gravel bed rivers. Water Res Res. 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007669
Dey S (1999) Sediment threshold. Appl Math Model 23:399–417
Friedman GM (1961) Distinction between dune, beach and river sands from their textural characteristics. J Sediment Petrol 31(4):514–529
Friedman GM (1962) On sorting, sorting co -efficient and log—normality of the grain size distribution of sandstones. J Geol 70:737–753
Ghosh SK, Chatterjee BK (1994) Depositional mechanism as revealed from grain size measures of the Palaeoproterozoic Kolhan Siliciclastics. Keonjhar District, Orissa, India. Sediment Geol. 89:181–196
Maity SK, Maiti RK (2018) Sedimentation in the Rupnarayan River: hydrodynamic processes under a tidal system. Springer Briefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin
Mayoral H (2011) Particle size, critical shear stress, and benthic invertebrate distribution and abundance in a Gravel-bed River of the Southern Appalachians. Geosciences Theses, Paper 31
McLaren P, Bowels SD (1985) The effects of sediment transport on grain size distribution. J Sediment Petrol 55(4):457–470
Rittenhouse G (1943) A visual method of estimating two dimensional sphericity. J Sediment Petrol 13:79–81
Sahu BK (1964) Depositional mechanism from the size analysis of clastic sediments. J Sediment Petrol 34(1):73–83
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kumar Maity, S., Maiti, R. (2018). Introduction. In: Sedimentation in the Rupnarayan River. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71315-1_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71315-1_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-71314-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-71315-1
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)