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Patterns in Geomorphology
Antonello ProvenzaleIGG CNR, Italy
Hezi YizhaqBIDR, Ben Gurion University, Israel
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Patterns of erosion and chemical dissolutiondue to running water from snow melting
(Lapiaz)
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Patterns of erosion and chemical dissolution
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Erosion patterns in badlands(Tzin valley, Israel)
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Patterns of erosion and deposition:Meandering rivers
(Ucayali river, Peru)
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
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Patterns of erosionand deposition:Braided rivers
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http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
River networks(Yemen)
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Coastal patterns (coast of Carolina, USA)
Courtesy of A. Brad Murray
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Aeolian patternsGreat Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado,
photo by Bob Bauer
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Aeolian bedforms in deserts and sandy beaches:
Ripples (length of cm, amplitude of mm)
Megaripples (length of meters, amplitude of cm)
Dunes(length of tens or hundreds of meters,
amplitude of (tens of) meters)
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Wadi Rum desert, Jordan
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Southern Negev desert, Israel, photo by Hezi Yizhaq
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Types of (non-vegetated) dunes:
Barchans
Transverse
Seif (linear) dunes
Star dunes
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Barchan dunes on Mars
http://www.marsunearthed.com/SelectedImages/
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Namib desert
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
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Linear dunes, Mauritania
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
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Namib sand sea
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
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Complex dune structures (Saudi Arabia)
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
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Complex dune structures (Gran Desierto))
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
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Superposed aeolian bedforms
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology
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Blown by wind:Nonlinear dynamics of aeolian sand ripples
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Properties of aeolian ripples:
Ripple index about 15-20
Almost 1D bedforms:crests are perpendicular to the wind, with defects
Slight asymmetry between lee and stoss slopes(no slip face)
Need of a wind intensity thresholdto have ripple formation
Rapid response to wind
The ripple pattern coarsens with timeand it slowly moves downstream
Grain sorting
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A short history of ripple studies:
R.A. Bagnold, The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes, 1941R. Cooke, A. Warren, A. Goudie, Desert Geomorphology, 1993
N. Lancaster, Geomorphology of desert dunes, 1995
R.P. Sharp, J. of Geology, 1963M. Seppala and K. Lindé, Geografiska Annaler, 1978
B.B. Willetts and M.A. Rice, 1983-1989J.E. Ungar and P.K. Haff, Sedimentology, 1987
R.S. Anderson, Sedimentology, 1987R.S. Anderson, Earth Sci. Rev., 1990
B.T. Werner and D.T. Gillespie, PRL, 1993W. Landry and B.T. Werner, Physica D, 1994
H. Nishimori and N. Ouchi, PRL, 1993
R.B. Hoyle and A.W. Woods, PRE, 1997L. Prigozhin, PRE, 1999
O. Terzidis, P. Claudin and J.-P. Bouchaud, Eur. Phys. J. B, 1998A. Valance and F. Rioual, Eur. Phys. J. B, 1999Z. Csahok and C. Misbah, Eur. Phys. J. E, 2000
Z. Csahok, C. Misbah, F. Rioual and A. Valance, cond-mat, 2000H. Yizhaq, N.J. Balmforth, A. Provenzale, Physica D, 2004
H. Yizhaq et al. EPSl, 2019 (megaripples)
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Mechanism of ripple formation:aeolian ripples form due to
the instability of a flat sand bed exposed to strong wind
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When the wind starts to blow,sand grains are lifted into the air.
These grains are accelerated by the wind and fall down,
hit the surface,and eject other grains.
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The rebounding (saltating) grains are then accelerated by the wind,and a cascade process ensues.
An entire population of saltating grains emerges.
The height of the saltation layercan be about one meter in strong winds
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Hypotheses of ripple formation (Cooke et al, 1993):
1. A rithmic barrage of saltating grains (Bagnold)
2. The wave hypothesis:a) The bed as a fluid
b) The saltation curtain as a fluidc) Wave-like instabilities in the boundary layer
d) Secondary motions in the lee of transverse ripples
3. The role of reptating grains (Anderson 1987)
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Saltation with typical jump length LReptation with typical jump length a << L
L is about 1 m and a is about 1 cm
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Upon impact, the energy of a saltating grain goes as:
80% to one (on average) rebounding grain, 10% to a few reptating grains,
10% to the deformation of the bed
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Depth of the saltation layer: up to about 1 m
Depth of the reptation layer: a few mm
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We can idealize the problem in terms of a sand surface bombarded
by a continuous flux of saltating grainsthat hit the surface at constant (small) angle f = 8-12°
The saltating grains drive the system.The important dynamics is contained in
the behavior of the reptating grains
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Conservation of sand
• n porosity of the bed (about 0.35)
• r density of sand
• z elevation of the sand surface
• Q flux of sand grains
Q×-Ñ=¶¶
-t
nzr)1(
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The flux of sand:
• Qs flux of saltating grains
• Qr flux of reptating grains
rs QQQ +=
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The flux of saltating grainsis assumed to be constant for
aeolian ripples
All the dynamics is contained in the
variability of the reptation flux
NB: This is untenable for megaripples and dunes
0=×Ñ sQ
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There is no feedback of theaeolian bedforms
on the windand on the flux of saltating grains
NB: This is untenable for dunes
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1D case
if all the grains had the same reptation length a
• m mass of a sand grain
• Nej number of ejected grains
• Nr average number of reptating grains
ejected by one saltating grain
• Nej= Nr Nim where Nim is the number ofimpacting grains
')'(),( dxxNmtxQx
ax
ejbarer ò
-
=
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For a distribution of reptation lengths
• m mass of a sand grain
• Nej number of ejected grains
• Nr average number of reptating grains
ejected by one saltating grain
• Nej= Nr Nim where Nim is the number ofimpacting grains
• p(a) distribution of reptation lengths
ò ò¥
¥- -
=x
x
ejbarer dxxNpdmtxQ
a
aa ')'()(),(
adp =ò aaa )(
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Important angles
q
g f
saltating grain
reptating grain stoss
slope
wind direction
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Number density of impacting grains
2
0
0
1
tancot
costan
tan1)(
x
xim
imim
N
NxN
z
zff
qfq
+
+=
÷÷ø
öççè
æ+=
Nim0 number density of impacting grains
on a horizontal surface (about 107 m-2 s-1)q inclination of the surface
tan q = zx
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q
g f
saltating grain
reptating grain stoss
slope
wind direction
)tancot1(cos
cos)sin(2
2
qgq
gqg-=
-= hora
g
Va
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Shadowing:the flux of reptating grains
becomes
ïþ
ïýü
ïî
ïíì
+
+= 0,
1
tancot)(
2
0
x
ximim MaxNxN
z
zff
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The full integral model:
( ) úû
ùêë
é-
¶¶
-=¶¶
ò ò¥
¥- -
')'()(10 dxxFpdx
Qt
x
x
x
a
aaµzz
( )nNmN
Q imr
-=
1
cot0
0 rf
ïþ
ïýü
ïî
ïíì
+
+= 0,
1
tan)(
2x
xMaxxFz
zf
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Linear stability analysisQr(x,t) = Qr
bare(x,t) ( 1 - µ zx )
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Coarsening of the ripple pattern
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An extension to the 2D case:
If all the grains had the same jump length a,
the flux at (x,y)in the direction y to the x axis
is assumed to be proportional tothe number of grains ejected
between (x - a cos y , y - a sin y) and (x,y)
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Megaripples on Earth and Mars
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3 km
wind
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Field work
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Laboratory experiments
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Numerical simulations
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Numerical simulations
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Numerical simulations
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Lateral flux dependent on height
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Mars case
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A much harder problem:The dynamics of aeolian sand dunes
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Just a beginning in the fascinatingworld of (eco)geomorphological
pattern modelling
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