River-bed armouring as a granular segregation phenomenon

River beds often exhibit armouring, in which formation of a coarse surface layer shields the finer underlying grains from erosion. Here, using experiments in a laboratory river and discrete and continuum models, the authors demonstrate that river-bed armouring is driven by vertical granular segregat...

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Autores principales: Behrooz Ferdowsi, Carlos P. Ortiz, Morgane Houssais, Douglas J. Jerolmack
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/45c3932e3d90410b86464b5143d3ccf2
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