Controls on sediment evacuation from glacially modified and unmodified catchments in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

DÜHNFORTH, M.

Inst. of Geology, ETH, Zürich, Suisse

DENSMORE, A.L.

Inst. of Hazard and Risk Research and Dept. of Geography, Univ.t, Durham, Royaume-Uni

IVY-OCHS, S.

Inst. of Particle Physics, ETH, Zürich, Suisse

Dept. of Geography, Univ., Zürich, Suisse

ALLEN, P.A.

Dept. of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, Royaume-Uni

Description :
In this paper, the AA. present data and a conceptual model of how sediment storage and yield vary betwen glacially modified and unmodified catchments in the eastern Sierra Nevada. They explore the relationship between the degree of glaciation and fan-head incision, the magnitude and location of sediment storage, and the long-term pattern of sediment evacuation from the catchments. The AA. focus in particular on the Shepherd and Symmes Creek catchments, southwest of Independence, because of their well-constrained chronologies of debris-flow deposition.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2008, vol. 33, n°. 10, p. 1602-1613, nombre de pages : 12, Références bibliographiques : 1 p.

Date :
2008

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

Langue :
Anglais