Meandering Rivers Experiments: Carbonate Precipitation Process

Creators: 
Lim, YeJin
Kim, Wonsuck
 

We conducted a set of carbonate experiments in the Chemo-MorphoDynamics (CMD) flume at the University of Texas at Austin to investigate the formation and evolution of a single-thread meander pattern without vegetation. These experiments successfully created a single-thread meandering pattern through chemical processes. Carbonate deposits focused along the channel sides improved the bank stability and made them resistant to erosion, which led to a stream confined in a narrow path. The experimental channels showed lateral migration of the bend through cut bank and point bar deposits. Channel avulsion and chute cutoff were also observed. Please contact YeJin Lim ([email protected]) to obtain full dataset.

 
 
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
 
 
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Monday, October 27, 2014 to Wednesday, October 29, 2014
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