Worldwide correlations for subaerial aqueous flows with exponential longitudinal profiles

✍ Scribed by Morris, P. H.; Williams, D. J.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 194 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0360-1269
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199909)24:10<867::aid-esp16>3.0.co;2-l

✦ Synopsis

It is shown that very strong, worldwide correlations exist between the bed concavity coefficients of a wide range of subaerial aqueous flows with exponential longitudinal profiles and both the corresponding stream segment lengths and exponential bed particle size diminution coefficients. The former correlation is complementary to an existing similar correlation for the exponential size diminution coefficients, while the latter is consistent with earlier theoretical correlations based on very limited data.

The data supporting the correlations extend over virtually the whole range of stream lengths, solids concentrations, and bed sediment particle sizes found on Earth. This universality strongly suggests that there are underlying mechanisms common to all kinds of mobile bed subaerial aqueous flows. However, the scatter of the data for the correlations is significant and is mostly attributable to variations in hydraulic conditions and sediment properties rather than measurement errors. Some of the conditions and properties have been identified, but others remain obscure.