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Repasch, Marisa N; Scheingross, Joel S; Cook, Kristen L; Sachse, Dirk; Dosch, Sophia; Orfeo, Oscar (2023): Lateral channel migration rates for the Rio Bermejo [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959933, In: Repasch, MN et al. (2023): River water chemistry, channel morphometrics, and river incision data for the Rio Bermejo, Argentina [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959938

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Published: 2023-07-13DOI registered: 2023-08-11

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Abstract:
To measure lateral migration rates, we mapped the active channel from Landsat imagery for four different years, yielding three time-intervals (1988-1993, 1993-2002, and 2002-2015). For each interval, we compared the locations of the two channel centerlines. Between successive crossing points of the two centerlines, we measured the area between the two lines, which represents the area traversed by the channel centerline over the given timespan. This area, divided by the along-channel distance and the timespan between images, yields a lateral migration rate for that channel segment. We averaged these rates over 15 km long channel segments. This length scale was chosen so that, along the meandering reach of the river, at least three individual meander bends are comprised in a single channel migration value.
Keyword(s):
Argentina; channel migration rates; fluvial geomorphology; Foreland basin; river morphometrics; water chemistry
Project(s):
StRATEGy international research training group (StRATEGy)
Funding:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. STR 373/34-1: StRATEGy
Comment:
Rates were measured over three time intervals (1988-1993, 1993-2002, and 2002-2015). The channel was manually traced for each of these time periods.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DistanceDistancekmRepasch, Marisa NPoint distance tool (ArcGIS)1988-1993
2River migration rateRiver mig ratem/aRepasch, Marisa NMATLAB ® - modeling and processing1988-1993
3DistanceDistancekmRepasch, Marisa NPoint distance tool (ArcGIS)1993-2002
4River migration rateRiver mig ratem/aRepasch, Marisa NMATLAB ® - modeling and processing1993-2002
5DistanceDistancekmRepasch, Marisa NPoint distance tool (ArcGIS)2002-2015
6River migration rateRiver mig ratem/aRepasch, Marisa NMATLAB ® - modeling and processing2002-2015
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
783 data points

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