Step pool geometry and flow characteristics in low-sediment-storage channel beds

Tamir Grodek, Moshe Inbar, Asher P. Schick

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Abstract

Data from two small ephemeral streams in Israel indicate that step pool geometry in bedrock channels is similar, in its salient features, to that in alluvial channels. For steep (>0.10) bedrock channels the average step length is quasi-constant. Well developed steps found in very small, lithologically homogeneous channels suggest that low magnitude high frequency events play a role in their formation. In Nahal Meshushim (drainage area 14 km2) the water surface reconstructed from the highest flood marks indicates that all steps, though partly submerged, retain clear discontinuities between moderately sloping segments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering
PublisherPubl by ASCE
Pages819-823
Number of pages5
Editionpt 2
ISBN (Print)0784400377
StatePublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1994 ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering - Buffalo, NY, USA
Duration: 1 Aug 19945 Aug 1994

Publication series

NameProceedings - National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering
Numberpt 2
ISSN (Print)1070-1559

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1994 ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering
CityBuffalo, NY, USA
Period1/08/945/08/94

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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