Profile form and channel gradient variation within an upland drainage basin - River Noe, Derbyshire

Holocene Geomorphology

Auteurs :
KNIGHTON, A.D.
PFEFFER, K.-H.

Description :
The analysis focuses on profile form and channel slope along the River Noe and its 6 largest tributaries. The basin is underlain by 3 main lithologies, sandstone, shale and limestone. Channel bed slope is steep in upstream reaches and the streams respond rapidly to rainfall events of even moderate magnitude. Consequently bed material transport occurs relatively frequently. Sediment transport is thus an active process, especially but not exclusively in the upper reaches. However, given the coarseness of the load, amounts of sediment transport are likely to be small, even during flood flows.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Supplementband, issn : 0044-2798, 2000, n°. 122, p. 149-164, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 31 ref.

Date :
2000

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Berlin ; Stuttgart, Borntraeger