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SEDIMENTOLOGY
卷 58, 期 7, 页码 1914-1934出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01245.x
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Bedrock-alluvial river; channel-bed facies; Mississippi River; river morphology; sediment transport
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- National Science Foundation via the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics [EAR-0120914]
In this study, the distribution of channel-bed sediment facies in the lowermost Mississippi River is analysed using multibeam data, complemented by sidescan sonar and compressed high-intensity radar pulse seismic data, as well as grab and core samples of bed material. The channel bed is composed of a discontinuous layer of alluvial sediment and a relict substratum that is exposed on the channel bed and sidewalls. The consolidated substratum is made up of latest Pleistocene and Early Holocene fluvio-deltaic deposits and is preferentially exposed in the deepest thalweg segments and on channel sidewalls in river bends. The exposed substratum commonly displays a suite of erosional features, including flutes that are quantitatively similar in form to those produced under known laboratory conditions. A total of five bed facies are mapped, three of which include modern alluvial deposits and two facies that are associated with the relict substratum. A radius of curvature analysis applied to the Mississippi River centreline demonstrates that the reach-scale distribution of channel-bed facies is related to river planform. From a broader perspective, the distribution of channel-bed facies is related to channel sinuosity-higher sinuosity promotes greater substratum exposure at the expense of alluvial sediment. For example, the ratio of alluvial cover to substratum is ca 1.5:1 for a 45 km segment of the river that has a sinuosity of 1.76 and this ratio increases to ca 3:1 for a 120 km segment of the river that has a sinuosity of 1.21. The exposed substratum is interpreted as bedrock and, given the relative coverage of alluvial sediment in the channel, the lowermost Mississippi River can be classified as a mixed bedrock-alluvial channel. The analyses demonstrate that a mixed bedrock-alluvial channel boundary can be associated with low-gradient and sand-bed rivers near their marine outlet.
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