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Hydraulics and sediment transport dynamics controlling step-pool formation in high gradient streams: A flume experiment

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Dynamics and Geomorphology of Mountain Rivers

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A series of flume experiments was undertaken to determine the domain of flow conditions under which step-pool sequences are formed. This domain can be characterized by the ratio of average shear stress to the shear stress required to move the largest grain sizes (T/T cr) and the Froude number (Fr). Step spacing was correlated with the antidune wavelength and steps did not form when particle motion was continuous under high sediment transport rates.

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Grant, G.E. (1994). Hydraulics and sediment transport dynamics controlling step-pool formation in high gradient streams: A flume experiment. In: Ergenzinger, P., Schmidt, KH. (eds) Dynamics and Geomorphology of Mountain Rivers. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0117843

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