Changes in sediment erosion rate in the Azuma River basin after the Hokkaido eastern Iburi earthquake in 2018
Changes in sediment erosion rate in the Azuma River basin after the Hokkaido eastern Iburi earthquake in 2018
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2018年北海道胆振东部地震后东川流域泥沙侵蚀率变化
DOI:
10.1088/1755-1315/1136/1/012027
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发表时间:
2023
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Yamada Tomohito J
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Miyazaki Kotaro;Hoshino Tsuyoshi;Shimizu Keita;Shrivastava Sourabh;Yamada Tomohito J
The Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake in 2018 induced the largest landslide over the Azuma River basin in Hokkaido, the north island of Japan. This study estimated the sediment erosion rate over the Azuma River basin using the universal soil loss equation (USLE) for the pre-and post-earthquake conditions. The results showed that the potential sediment erosion rate from the entire basin increased by 8–29 times more than the pre-earthquake condition. The primary cause of the increase in sediment erosion rate was deforestation due to the landslide, which generated 13% of the bare land area in the entire basin. In addition, the influence of interannual variability of rainfall on sediment erosion rate was calculated from observed rainfall data. As a result, the minimum annual sediment erosion rate after the earthquake exceeded the maximum before the earthquake, indicating that the post-earthquake sediment erosion rate is substantially higher than the pre-earthquake rate. These findings suggest that in order to assess the sediment erosion risk over the Azuma River basin, it is necessary to predict and monitor the vegetation recovery, considering the interannual variability of rainfall.