Density stratification in open-channel flow due to high sediment concentration in the flooding Lower Yellow River

Andrew J Moodie1, Jeffrey A Nittrouer2, Hongbo Ma1, Brandee Carlson1, Michael P. Lamb3 and Gary Parker4, (1)Rice University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, (3)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States