Articles | Volume 3, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-527-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-527-2015
Research article
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18 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2015

Bedload transport in a formerly glaciated mountain catchment constrained by particle tracking

A. Dell'Agnese, F. Brardinoni, M. Toro, L. Mao, M. Engel, and F. Comiti

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The paper assesses bedload transport in a formerly glaciated high-mountain basin by means of a virtual velocities approach. Virtual velocities were derived by surveying tracers movement over a 3-year study period. Tracers were deployed in two contrasting sites, a fluvially dominated hanging valley and a downstream relict glacial trough where periodic colluvial sediment inputs from tributaries are experienced. We also investigate contribution given to bedload transport by rainfall and snowmelt.