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SUMMARY:How Boltzmann statistics govern a river's shape - Olivier Devauche
 lle (IPGP)
DTSTART:20161114T130000Z
DTEND:20161114T140000Z
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CONTACT:Doris Allen
DESCRIPTION:Alluvial rivers build their bed with the sediment they transpo
 rt. As they do so\, they spontaneously generate a beautiful variety of sha
 pes\, including meanders\, braids and ramified networks. Despite this wond
 erful variety\, rivers show remarkably consistent features: their size\, s
 lope and shape are tightly related to water discharge and sediment load. U
 sing laboratory experiments\, we will investigate the mechanisms responsib
 le for this consistency\, and illustrate how trembling sand grains dictate
  to the Amazon River its own width.\n\n
LOCATION:MR5\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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