Hyporheic exchange carries reactive solutes, which may include biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO) and reactive dissolved inorganic nitrogen (Nr), into the sediment, where biochemical reactions consume DO. Here, we study the impact of streambed morphology, stream-reactive solute loads and their diel oscillations on the DO benthic uptake rate (BUR) due to hyporheic processes. O...

Two datasets of turbulence velocities collected over different bedform types under contrasting experimental conditions show similarity in terms of velocity-intermittency characteristics and suggest a universality to the velocity-intermittency structure for flow over bedforms. One dataset was obtained by sampling flow over static bedforms in different locations, and the other was based on a stat...

Abstract Based on field and experimental evidence, the average initial spacing (seed wavelength) of flow-transverse bedforms (ripples dunes) appears to lie between 80 130 grain diameters ( L = 80–130 D mm ). Starting with an 100 , subsequent bedform growth proceeds by amalgamation two successive bedforms, which results in a doubling each step. Geometric principles dictate that combined volume s...

a r t i c l e i n f o Ripples and transverse dunes in areas of abundant sand supply increase in height and spacing as a function of time, grain size, and excess shear velocity. How and why each of these factors influence ripple and transverse dune size, however, is not precisely known. In this paper, the controls on the height and spacing of ripples and transverse dunes in areas of abundant san...