Free alternate bars in rivers: Key physical mechanisms and simple formation criterion

M Redolfi - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Free alternate bars are large‐scale, downstream‐migrating bedforms characterized by an
alternating sequence of three‐dimensional depositional fronts and scour holes that …

Bed load variability and morphology of gravel bed rivers subject to unsteady flow: A laboratory investigation

M Redolfi, W Bertoldi, M Tubino… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Measurement and estimation of bed load transport in gravel bed rivers are highly affected by
its temporal fluctuations. Such variability is primarily driven by the flow regime but is also …

Does a braided river aggrade or degrade in response to changes in water and sediment fluxes?

R Jiang, X Cheng, Z Cao, M Redolfi - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Braided rivers undergo continuous morphological evolution in response to variations in
water and sediment fluxes associated with a plethora of natural and anthropogenic …

Analysis of autogenic bifurcation processes resulting in river avulsion

G Barile, M Redolfi, M Tubino - EGUsphere, 2023 - egusphere.copernicus.org
River bifurcations are constituent components of multi-thread fluvial systems, playing a
crucial role in their morphodynamic evolution and the partitioning of water and sediment …

Sediment transport and morphology of braided rivers: steady and unsteady regime

M Redolfi - 2014 - tesidottorato.depositolegale.it
Braided rivers are complex, fascinating fluvial pattern, which represent the natural state of
many gravel and sand bed rivers. Both natural and human causes may force a change in the …

Controls on and morphodynamic effects of width variations in bed-load dominated alluvial channels: Experimental and numerical study

U Singh - 2015 - iris.unitn.it
Understanding and predicting the effects of width variability and the controls on width
adjustment in rivers has a key role in developing management approaches able to account …

New insights on the physical mechanisms sustaining the formation of free alternate bars in rivers

M Redolfi - Authorea Preprints, 2022 - essopenarchive.org
Free alternate bars are large-scale, downstream-migrating bedforms characterized by an
alternating sequence of three-dimensional depositional fronts and scour holes that …