Stochastic analysis of particle movement over a dune bed
Open-File Report
75-358
By: Baum K. Lee and Harvey E. Jobson
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Abstract
Stochastic models are available that can be used to predict the transport and dispersion of bed-material sediment particles in an alluvial channel. These models are based on the proposition that the movement of a single bed-material sediment particle consists of a series of steps of random length separated by rest periods of random duration and, therefore, application of the models requires a knowledge of the probability distributions of the step lengths, the rest periods, the elevation of particle deposition, and the elevation of particle erosion. In the past, it has proven impossible to estimate these distributions except by use of tedious and time consuming single particle experiments.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Stochastic analysis of particle movement over a dune bed |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 75-358 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr75358 |
| Year Published | 1975 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | xx, 205 p. |
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