Sediment transfer-storage relations for degrading alluvial reservoirs

Thomas E. Lisle; Michael Church

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Sediment transfer-storage relations for degrading alluvial reservoirs

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Authors:

Thomas E. Lisle, Michael Church

Year:

2001

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 82(47): F500.

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Abstract

The routing of sediment through a drainage system is mediated by transfer-storage relations that are particular to each alluvial reservoir, which contains a channel and floodplain. We propose that sediment transfer rate for a given annual distribution of streamflow is a positive function of sediment storage and examine these relations for degrading reservoirs in which sediment is evacuated by incision and corrasion

Keywords

PSW4351, sediment transfer, drainage system, distribution of streamflow, alluvial reservoir, channel, floodplain, erosion

Citation

Lisle, Thomas E.; Church, Michael. 2001. Sediment transfer-storage relations for degrading alluvial reservoirs. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 82(47): F500.