Sediment storage and yield in an urbanized karst watershed

Auteurs :
HART, E.A.
SCHURGER, S.G.

Description :
This paper presents a preliminary assessment of fluvial sediment storage and yield in an urbanized, karst watershed. The AA. aim to identify and quantify the function of caves and sinkholes within the context of a sediment budget with 3 specific objectives : to investigate the function (source or sink) of sinkholes with respect to sediment transport; to demonstrate how sinkhole sedimentation rates can be used as an indicator of basin sediment yield from some sinkhole drainage basins; and to determine the relative contribution of a major cave system to a preliminary sediment budget for a karst watershed.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 2005, vol. 70, n°. 1-2, p. 85-96, nombre de pages : 12, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 19 ref.

Date :
2005

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier