The Evolution and Direction of Research in Fluvial Sedimentology

The research in fluvial sedimentology is significant not only for theory but also for practice of mine production and flood controlling. For study workers can hold the evolution and direction of research in fluvial sedimentology, some of its research aspects are reviewed and discussed in this work. These aspects include fluvial river classification, flume simulation experiment of sedimentation, depositional model, influence factors of deposit formation and ancient channel reconstruction. Some directions based on the above are brought forward and they are: (1) Fluvial sequence stratigraphy has a wide development space. (2) The distinguish methods of different river styles need to perfect. (3) The multiple channel formation mechanism of anastomosing and anabranched rivers must be researched deep in theory and flume simulation experiment. (4) The spatial and temporal transforms of different channel patterns need to study systematically and synthetically. It is look forward to develop in the above aspects so that fluvial sedimentology can be development.