Formation process of depositional landform over a permeable flat plain

M. Ogasawara*, M. Sekine

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Abstract

The formation process of depositional landform over a one-dimensional permeable flat plain was investigated numerically in this paper. In such a process, a water exchange between a surface flow and a subsurface flow is important to be taken into account. The governing equations of the flows are one-dimensional shallow water equations for surface flow, and two-dimensional Richards' equation for subsurface flow. As a result of this study, the following two processes were confirmed: (a) a front of surface flow migrates a little in the downstream direction due to the loss of surface-flow discharge, and the thickness of the depositional landform increases; (b) the front migrates with relatively high speed due to the recovery of surface-flow discharge, and the depositional landform spread in the downstream direction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRiver, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics
Subtitle of host publicationRCEM 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics
Pages885-890
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Dec 1
Event5th IAHR-Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2007 - Enschede, Netherlands
Duration: 2007 Sept 172007 Sept 21

Publication series

NameRiver, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics
Volume2

Conference

Conference5th IAHR-Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2007
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEnschede
Period07/9/1707/9/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology
  • Environmental Engineering

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