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Downslope from the channel-mouth of the most recently avulsed channel on the Rhône Cone there are 20 m deep scours that are attributed to a hydraulic jump accompanying flow expansion and a slight decrease of slope.
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Kenyon, N.H., Millington, J., Droz, L., Ivanov, M.K. (1995). Scour holes in a channel-lobe transition zone on the Rhône Cone. In: Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi, F., Smith, R.D.A. (eds) Atlas of Deep Water Environments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1234-5_31
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