B. Andreotti, Y. Forterre, and O. Pouliquen, Les milieux granulaires , Entre fluide et solide, 2012.

P. J. Ashworth, J. L. Best, and M. Jones, Relationship between sediment supply and avulsion frequency in braided rivers, Geology, vol.32, issue.1, pp.21-24, 2004.
DOI : 10.1130/G19919.1

T. C. Blair, Sedimentary processes, vertical stratification sequences , and geomorphology of the Roaring River alluvial fan, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, J. Sediment. Res, vol.57, pp.1-18, 1987.

T. C. Blair and J. G. Mcpherson, Alluvial fans and their natural distinction from rivers based on morphology, hydraulic processes , sedimentary processes, and facies assemblages, J. Sediment . Res, vol.64, pp.450-489, 1994.

T. C. Blair and J. G. Mcpherson, Processes and forms of alluvial fans, in: Geomorphology of Desert Environments, pp.413-467, 2009.

E. Blissenbach, Relation of surface angle distribution to particle size distribution on alluvial fans [Arizona], Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol.22, issue.1, pp.25-28, 1952.
DOI : 10.1306/D42694A4-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D

M. Bryant, P. Falk, P. , and C. , Experimental study of avulsion frequency and rate of deposition, Geology, vol.23, issue.4, pp.365-368, 1995.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0365:ESOAFA>2.3.CO;2

W. B. Bull, Geomorphology of segmented alluvial fans in western Fresno County, California, US Government Printing Office, 1964.

W. B. Bull, The alluvial-fan environment, Progress in Physical Geography, vol.1, issue.2, pp.222-270, 1977.
DOI : 10.1177/030913337700100202

J. Charreau, C. Gumiaux, J. Avouac, R. Augier, Y. Chen et al., The Neogene Xiyu Formation, a diachronous prograding gravel wedge at front of the Tianshan: Climatic and tectonic implications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.287, issue.3-4, pp.298-310, 2009.
DOI : 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.035
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00414151

V. T. Chow, Open channel hydraulics, Civil Engineering Series, 1959.

L. Clarke, T. A. Quine, and A. Nicholas, An experimental investigation of autogenic behaviour during alluvial fan evolution, Geomorphology, vol.115, issue.3-4, pp.278-285, 2010.
DOI : 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.033

L. E. Clarke, Experimental alluvial fans: Advances in understanding of fan dynamics and processes, Geomorphology, vol.244, pp.135-145, 2015.
DOI : 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.04.013

Q. Clevis, P. De-boer, and M. Wachter, Numerical modelling of drainage basin evolution and three-dimensional alluvial fan stratigraphy, Sedimentary Geology, vol.163, issue.1-2, pp.85-110, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00174-X

T. De-haas, D. Ventra, P. E. Carbonneau, and M. G. Kleinhans, Debris-flow dominance of alluvial fans masked by runoff reworking and weathering, Geomorphology, vol.217, pp.165-181, 2014.
DOI : 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.04.028

O. Devauchelle, A. Petroff, A. Lobkovsky, and D. H. And-rothman, Longitudinal profile of channels cut by springs, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol.120, pp.38-47, 2011.
DOI : 10.1002/esp.1689
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01500391

F. Drew, Alluvial and Lacustrine Deposits and Glacial Records of the Upper-Indus Basin, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol.29, issue.1-2, pp.441-471, 1873.
DOI : 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1873.029.01-02.39

M. Dubille and J. Lavé, Rapid grain size coarsening at sandstone/conglomerate transition: similar expression in Himalayan modern rivers and Pliocene molasse deposits, Basin Research, vol.28, issue.1955, pp.26-42, 2015.
DOI : 10.1111/bre.12071

H. A. Einstein, The bed-load function for sediment transportation in open channel flows, 1950.

J. Field, Channel avulsion on alluvial fans in southern Arizona, Geomorphology, vol.37, issue.1-2, pp.93-104, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0169-555X(00)00064-7

R. E. Glover and Q. Florey, Stable channel profiles, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Hydr. Lab. Report, 1951.

L. Guerit, F. Métivier, O. Devauchelle, E. Lajeunesse, and L. Barrier, Laboratory alluvial fans in one dimension, Physical Review E, vol.90, issue.2, 2014.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.022203
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01499810

L. Guerit, L. Barrier, M. Jolivet, B. Fu, and F. Métivier, Denudation intensity and control in the Chinese Tian Shan: new constraints from mass balance on catchment-alluvial fan systems, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol.29, issue.6, pp.1088-1106, 2016.
DOI : 10.1002/esp.3890
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01249993

A. J. Hartley, G. S. Weissmann, G. J. Nichols, and G. L. Warwick, Large Distributive Fluvial Systems: Characteristics, Distribution, and Controls on Development, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol.80, issue.2, pp.167-183, 2010.
DOI : 10.2110/jsr.2010.016

A. M. Harvey, A. E. Mather, and M. Stokes, Alluvial fans: geomorphology, sedimentology, dynamics ??? introduction. A review of alluvial-fan research, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol.251, issue.1, pp.1-7, 2005.
DOI : 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.01

F. M. Henderson, Stability of alluvial channels, J. Hydr. Div, vol.87, pp.109-138, 1961.

M. Hinderer, From gullies to mountain belts: A review of sediment budgets at various scales, Sedimentary Geology, vol.280, pp.21-59, 2012.
DOI : 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.03.009

M. Houssais and E. Lajeunesse, Bedload transport of a bimodal sediment bed, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, vol.38, issue.10, pp.4015-4025, 2012.
DOI : 10.1029/2001WR000684

A. Jayko, Late Quaternary denudation, Death and Panamint Valleys, eastern California, Earth-Science Reviews, vol.73, issue.1-4, pp.271-289, 2005.
DOI : 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.009

M. Jolivet, L. Barrier, S. Dominguez, L. Guerit, G. Heilbronn et al., Unbalanced sediment budgets in the catchment???alluvial fan system of the Kuitun River (northern Tian Shan, China): Implications for mass-balance estimates, denudation and sedimentation rates in orogenic systems, Geomorphology, vol.214, pp.168-182, 2014.
DOI : 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.01.024
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00985283

E. Kiefer, M. J. Dorr, H. Ibbeken, and H. Gotze, Gravity-based mass balance of an alluvial fan giant: the Arcas Fan, pp.165-185, 1997.

L. Hooke, R. B. Rohrer, and W. L. , Geometry of alluvial fans: Effect of discharge and sediment size, Earth Surface Processes, vol.68, issue.2, pp.147-166, 1979.
DOI : 10.1002/esp.3290040205

H. A. Makse, P. Cizeau, and H. E. Stanley, Possible Stratification Mechanism in Granular Mixtures, Physical Review Letters, vol.78, issue.17, pp.3298-3301, 1997.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3298

H. A. Makse, S. Havlin, P. R. King, and H. E. Stanley, Spontaneous stratification in granular mixtures, Nature, vol.386, issue.6623, pp.379-382, 1997.
DOI : 10.1038/386379a0
URL : http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9809432

F. Métivier, E. Lajeunesse, and O. Devauchelle, Laboratory rivers: Lacey's law, threshold theory, and channel stability, Earth Surface Dynamics, vol.5, issue.1, pp.187-19810, 2017.
DOI : 10.5194/esurf-5-187-2017-supplement

K. L. Miller, M. D. Reitz, and D. J. Jerolmack, Generalized sorting profile of alluvial fans, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.35, issue.10, pp.7191-7199, 2014.
DOI : 10.1029/TR035i006p00951

L. F. Moody, Friction factors for pipe flow, Trans. Asme, vol.66, pp.671-684, 1944.

T. Muto and R. J. Steel, Autogenic response of fluvial deltas to steady sea-level fall: Implications from flume-tank experiments, Geology, vol.32, issue.5, pp.401-404, 2004.
DOI : 10.1130/G20269.1

C. Paola, P. L. Heller, and C. L. Angevine, The large-scale dynamics of grain-size variation in alluvial basins, 1: Theory, Basin Research, vol.113, issue.2, pp.73-90, 1992.
DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2117.1992.tb00145.x

C. Paola, G. Parker, R. Seal, S. K. Sinha, J. B. Southard et al., Downstream Fining by Selective Deposition in a Laboratory Flume, Science, vol.258, issue.5089, pp.1757-1757, 1992.
DOI : 10.1126/science.258.5089.1757

C. Paola, K. Straub, D. Mohrig, and L. Reinhardt, The ???unreasonable effectiveness??? of stratigraphic and geomorphic experiments, Earth-Science Reviews, vol.97, issue.1-4, pp.1-43, 2009.
DOI : 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.05.003

G. Parker, Progress in the modeling of alluvial fans, Journal of Hydraulic Research, vol.13, issue.6, pp.805-825, 1999.
DOI : 10.1086/516053

G. Parker, C. Paola, K. X. Whipple, and D. Mohrig, Alluvial Fans Formed by Channelized Fluvial and Sheet Flow. I: Theory, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, vol.124, issue.10, pp.985-995, 1998.
DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1998)124:10(985)

G. Parker, C. Paola, K. X. Whipple, D. Mohrig, C. M. Toro-escobar et al., Alluvial Fans Formed by Channelized Fluvial and Sheet Flow. I: Theory, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, vol.124, issue.10, pp.996-1004, 1998.
DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1998)124:10(985)

E. J. Powell, W. Kim, and T. Muto, Varying discharge controls on timescales of autogenic storage and release processes in fluviodeltaic environments: Tank experiments, J. Geophys. Res.-Earth, pp.10-1029, 2012.

A. Rachocki and M. A. Church, Alluvial fans: a field approach, 1990.

M. D. Reitz and D. J. Jerolmack, Experimental alluvial fan evolution: Channel dynamics, slope controls, and shoreline growth, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, vol.105, issue.2, pp.10-1029, 2012.
DOI : 10.1029/2010GL044592

M. D. Reitz, D. J. Jerolmack, E. Lajeunesse, A. Limare, O. Devauchelle et al., Diffusive evolution of experimental braided rivers, Physical Review E, vol.89, issue.5, 2014.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.052809
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01499811

S. Rice, The nature and controls on downstream fining within sedimentary links, Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol.69, issue.1, pp.32-39, 1999.
DOI : 10.2110/jsr.69.32

S. A. Schumm, M. P. Mosley, and W. Weaver, Experimental fluvial geomorphology, 1987.

G. Seizilles, O. Devauchelle, E. Lajeunesse, and F. Métivier, Width of laminar laboratory rivers, Physical Review E, vol.87, issue.5, 2013.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.052204
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01500272

G. Seizilles, E. Lajeunesse, O. Devauchelle, and M. Bak, Crossstream diffusion in bedload transport, Phys. Fluids, vol.26, 2014.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01500382

A. Shields, Anwendung der Ahnlichkeits Mechanik und der Turbulenz-forschung auf die Geschiebebewegung, Preussische Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau und Schiffbau, pp.524-526, 1936.

R. Sinha, The Great avulsion of Kosi on, Current Science, vol.97, pp.429-433, 2008.

R. Slingerland and N. D. Smith, RIVER AVULSIONS AND THEIR DEPOSITS, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol.32, issue.1, pp.257-285, 2004.
DOI : 10.1146/annurev.earth.32.101802.120201

G. H. Smith and R. I. Ferguson, The gravel-sand transition: flume study of channel response to reduced slope, pp.147-159, 1996.

J. D. Stock, K. M. Schmidt, and D. M. Miller, Controls on alluvial fan long-profiles, Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol.120, issue.5-6, pp.619-640, 2008.
DOI : 10.1130/B26208.1

M. Van-dijk, G. Postma, and M. G. Kleinhans, Autocyclic behaviour of fan deltas: an analogue experimental study, Sedimentology, vol.106, issue.5, pp.1569-1589, 2009.
DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01047.x

E. Viparelli, L. Solari, and K. Hill, Downstream lightening and upward heavying: Experiments with sediments differing in density, Sedimentology, vol.43, issue.5, pp.1384-1407, 2015.
DOI : 10.1111/sed.12187

G. S. Weissmann, J. F. Mount, and G. E. Fogg, Glacially Driven Cycles in Accumulation Space and Sequence Stratigraphy of a Stream-Dominated Alluvial Fan, San Joaquin Valley, California, U.S.A., Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol.72, issue.2, pp.240-251, 2002.
DOI : 10.1306/062201720240

K. X. Whipple, G. Parker, C. Paola, and D. Mohrig, Channel Dynamics, Sediment Transport, and the Slope of Alluvial Fans: Experimental Study, The Journal of Geology, vol.106, issue.6, pp.677-694, 1998.
DOI : 10.1086/516053

A. C. Whittaker, R. A. Duller, J. Springett, R. A. Smithells, A. L. Whitchurch et al., Decoding downstream trends in stratigraphic grain size as a function of tectonic subsidence and sediment supply, Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol.123, issue.7-8, pp.1363-1382, 2011.
DOI : 10.1130/B30351.1

P. R. Wilcock and J. C. Crowe, Surface-based Transport Model for Mixed-Size Sediment, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, vol.129, issue.2, pp.120-128, 2003.
DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2003)129:2(120)

R. M. Williams, J. R. Zimbelman, and A. K. Johnston, Aspects of alluvial fan shape indicative of formation process: A case study in southwestern California with application to Mojave Crater fans on Mars, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.97, issue.E5, pp.10-1029, 2006.
DOI : 10.1029/2005GL025618