Sediment budget for an eroding peat-moorland catchment in northern England

Auteurs :
EVANS, M.
WARBURTON, J.

Description :
This paper describes a detailed contemporary sediment budget from a small peat-covered upland catchment in Upper Teesdale, northern England. The sediment budget was constructed by measuring : sediment transfers on slopes, sediment flux on the floodplain and through the main stream channel and sediment yield at the catchment outlet. Measurements were taken over a four-year monitoring period between July 1997 and October 2001 when interannual variations in runoff were relatively small. Three sites were selected to represent the major erosion subsystems within the catchment : an area of bare peat flats, a pair of peat gullies, and a 300 m channel reach.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2005, vol. 30, n°. 5, p. 557-577, nombre de pages : 21, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 30 ref.

Date :
2005

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley