Ables, Matthew Wells2019-11-162019-11-162008-05Ables, M. W. (2008). Measuring mixed bed load transport with an acoustic doppler current profiler (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/8809The transport of sediment through a river as bed load helps to define the channel geomorphology. Measuring bed load is difficult and often problematic due to the high flow velocities of which they are often associated. A non-intrusive method of measuring bed load with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) in mixed-sized sediment Central Texas stream is proposed. Velocity data extracted from ADCP software combined with physical measurements of the channel bed composition can be used to determine a total bed load transport rate. Using this faster and safer measurement technique, it is the goal of this research to improve the collection and quality of available bed load data.Text50 pages1 file (.pdf)ensediment transportbed loadsedimentsmeasurementThesis