项目编号: | 1632938
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项目名称: | Qualitative Hydraulics and Transport from Strata and Dynamics of Sandy Bedforms |
作者: | Brandon McElroy
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承担单位: | University of Wyoming
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批准年: | 2016
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开始日期: | 2016-08-01
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结束日期: | 2019-07-31
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资助金额: | 260649
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资助来源: | US-NSF
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项目类别: | Standard Grant
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国家: | US
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语种: | 英语
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特色学科分类: | Geosciences - Earth Sciences
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英文关键词: | bed form
; sandy river
; ancient fluvial strata
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英文摘要: | Bed forms, ripples and dunes, are key indicators of water flow and sediment transport in sandy rivers, and therefore they are vital to understanding river management, coastal restoration, and surface water reservoir sedimentation. Additionally, they leave deposits that are a record of the ancient river conditions that create sedimentary rocks. These deposits can be used to determine the conditions of formation of subsurface reservoirs for water and hydrocarbons. To date, almost ubiquitously, models applied to bed form problems have used constant geometries representing bed forms that migrate to move sediment and create strata. This is in stark contrast to models of river processes that capture the dynamic nature of Earth's surface environments.
This project will test a set of hypotheses derived by applying a dynamic model of bed form behavior to problems in 1) sediment transport mechanics, 2) bed material sediment flux, and 3) generation of fluvial stratigraphy. This will be accomplished through a suite of laboratory experiments, and relationships developed in these experiments will then be applied to interpreting ancient fluvial strata. The results of this project will benefit modern river planning, subsurface reservoir modeling, understanding of Earth's natural history, and the applied problems associated with these topics. |
资源类型: | 项目
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标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/91691
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Appears in Collections: | 全球变化的国际研究计划 科学计划与规划
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Recommended Citation: |
Brandon McElroy. Qualitative Hydraulics and Transport from Strata and Dynamics of Sandy Bedforms. 2016-01-01.
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