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bed armoring: a standalone construct

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bedarmoring1 CONSTRUCTBed armoringPARKER · COASTAL ENGINEERING

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Coastal engineering

coarsening of the surface layer of a gravel bed relative to the subsurface, which equalizes the mobility of grain sizes.

In coastal engineering, bed armoring refers to coarsening of the surface layer of a gravel bed relative to the subsurface, which equalizes the mobility of grain sizes. This meaning comes from Parker (1982) in Water Resources Research.[1]

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equal mobility hypothesis1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructcoarsening2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructsgrain3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

  1. Parker, G., & Klingeman, P. C. (1982). On why gravel bed streams are paved. Water Resources Research, 18(5), 1409-1423. https://doi.org/10.1029/wr018i005p01409

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