Establishing a Holocene sediment budget for the river Dijle

Sediment dynamics. Special issue

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

NOTEBAERT, B.

Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique

VERSTRAETEN, G.

Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique

ROMMENS, T.

Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique

VANMONTFORT, B.

Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique

GOVERS, G.

Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique

POESEN, J.

Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique

VERSTRAETEN, G.

Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique

LANG, A.

Dep. of Geography, Univ., Liverpool, Royaume-Uni

HOUBEN, P.

Dep. of Physical Geography, Goethe Univ., Frankfurt, Allemagne

Description :
A Holocene sediment budget was constructed for the Dijle catchment in the Belgian loess belt, in order to understand long-term sediment dynamics. Hillslope sediment redistribution was calculated using soil profile information from 809 soil augerings, which was exprapolated to the entire catchment using morphometric classes. As large parts of the forests within the catchment prove to have undergone little or no erosion since medieval times, a correction was applied for the presence of forests. Dating of sediment units show an important increase in alluvial deposition from medieval times onwards, indicating the important influence of agricultural activities that developed from that period. Sediment budgets for the various tributary catchments provide an insight in the sources and sinks of sediment at different scales within the catchment.

Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 2009, vol. 77, n°. 2, p. 150-163, nombre de pages : 14, Références bibliographiques : 1,5 p.

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen-Destedt, Catena

Langue :
Anglais