Fluvial systems

From GeoClasses

Systems relating to streams.

Contents 1 Reading 2 Physics of stream flow 3 Fluvial landforms 4 Other issues 5 Links

Reading

• Chapter 3. Pg 65-78 of Foundations of Earth Science by Lutgens and Tarbuck (4th Ed). Prentice Hall, 2005.

Physics of stream flow

• Stream geometry
• Laminar and turbulent flow
  • Reynolds number
• Sediment transport
  • Suspended load
  • Solution load
  • Bed load

• Hydrograph

Fluvial landforms

• Channel patterns
  • Straight channels
  • Braided streams
  • Meandering streams

Exam 1.

• Drainage patterns
  • Dendritic drainage
  • Parallel drainage
  • Radial drainage

• Fluvial landscapes
  • Stream order
  • Low order streams
  • High order streams
    • Floodplains
    • Deltas
  • Stream profile

Other issues

• Effect of climate
  • Stream terraces
    • Waves of erosion

Links