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were shown to compare well with previous sedimentation data for<br />

quartz sand grains. Their suitability for optical tracking,<br />

possibly using colour labelling to differentiate between<br />

particles <strong>of</strong> differing fall speeds has promising implications<br />

which we mention in section 3.<br />

a) Concentration peak at crest height. Soulsby & Bettess'<br />

(1990) observation <strong>of</strong> a concentration peak over the bedform<br />

trough but elevated at the height <strong>of</strong> the crest has now been shown<br />

to derive from interaction between the jetted bedload and the<br />

free shear layer. Chapter 3 showed experimentally that this<br />

behaviour is due to extended suspension time (ie hindered<br />

settling) in the shear layer as compared to the time spent<br />

falling through the relatively quiescent recirculating flow<br />

region.<br />

Horizontal and cycloidal particle trajectories from the crest<br />

demonstrated temporary reductions and even local reversals <strong>of</strong> the<br />

particle fall speed. The results, characterised in terms <strong>of</strong><br />

parameter U/VT compared well with earlier findings for bubble<br />

transport in shear flows (Thomas et al, 1983) and for wave<br />

induced sediment suspension (Nielsen, 1984) where vortex capture<br />

was found to occur for U/VT greater than 3.<br />

b) Modal trajectories. Particles follow the broad<br />

classification <strong>of</strong> trajectories shown in figure 1, travelling<br />

from the crest to the downstream lee and stoss slopes. It is<br />

tempting to attribute the predominance <strong>of</strong> these modes to our<br />

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