Novel combined approach for bedrock incision analysis: geochemistry and hydraulic modelling. Loire River Application (France)

The goal is to accurately forecast or understand erosion and deposition in bedrock river channels. The Loire River (France) was chosen as a case study. Like most European major rivers, the Loire presents an accelerated incision (2.5m during the last 150 years). Current models are limited because the...

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Main Authors: TOMBOZAFY, M, MIMOUN, D, BATTON-HUBERT, M, GRAILLOT, D, GARCIA, D, AOUFI, A
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggradation
Alluvial rivers
Bedrock
Cohesive sediments
Computer simulation
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Erosion
Exact sciences and technology
Fluvial sediments
Freshwater
Geochemistry
Geomorphology, landform evolution
Hydraulic models
Hydrology
Hydrology. Hydrogeology
Rivers
Sediments
Stream discharge
Stream flow
Surficial geology
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Summary:The goal is to accurately forecast or understand erosion and deposition in bedrock river channels. The Loire River (France) was chosen as a case study. Like most European major rivers, the Loire presents an accelerated incision (2.5m during the last 150 years). Current models are limited because they can only accurately simulate aggradation and degradation on alluvial river containing non-cohesive and cohesive sediments. In our case, these models are not efficient along the whole length of this river. This is because of the outcropping of bedrock. This obstacle led us to establish a new manner to characterize bedrock incision not only by particle impacts but also considering stream flow intensity. To complete this work, we use the geochemical signature of transported materials to quantify the amount of substratum eroded between two sampled areas. This allows us to validate the results of the hydraulic model.
ISSN:1746-4498
1743-3509
DOI:10.2495/GEO080091