Connectivity of sediment transport in a semiarid environment: a synthesis for the Upper Jaguaribe Basin, Brazil
Connectivity of sediment transport in a semiarid environment: a synthesis for the Upper Jaguaribe Basin, Brazil
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半干旱环境中沉积物输送的连通性:巴西上雅瓜里贝盆地的综合
DOI:
10.1007/s11368-014-0988-z
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发表时间:
1948
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
A. Bronstert
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作者:
P. H. A. Medeiros;J. C. d. Araújo;G. L. Mamede;B. Creutzfeldt;A. Güntner;A. Bronstert
PurposeHydrosedimentological studies conducted in the semiarid Upper Jaguaribe Basin, Brazil, enabled the identification of the key processes controlling sediment connectivity at different spatial scales (100–104km2).Materials and methodsWater and sediment fluxes were assessed from discharge, sediment concentrations and reservoir siltation measurements. Additionally, mathematical modelling (WASA-SED model) was used to quantify water and sediment transfer within the watershed.Results and discussionRainfall erosivity in the study area was moderate (4600 MJ mm ha−1h−1year−1), whereas runoff depths (16–60 mm year−1), and therefore the sediment transport capacity, were low. Consequently, ∼60 % of the eroded sediment was deposited along the landscape, regardless of the spatial scale. The existing high-density reservoir network (contributing area of 6 km2per reservoir) also limits sediment propagation, retaining up to 47 % of the sediment at the large basin scale. The sediment delivery ratio (SDR) decreased with the spatial scale; on average, 41 % of the eroded sediment was yielded from the hillslopes, while for the whole 24,600-km2basin, the SDR was reduced to 1 % downstream of a large reservoir (1940-hm3capacity).ConclusionsHydrological behaviour in the Upper Jaguaribe Basin represents a constraint on sediment propagation; low runoff depth is the main feature breaking sediment connectivity, which limits sediment transference from the hillslopes to the drainage system. Surface reservoirs are also important barriers, but their relative importance to sediment retention increases with scale, since larger contributing areas are more suitable for the construction of dams due to higher hydrological potential.
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影响因子:
1
作者:
P. Medeiros;J. C. Araújo;A. Andrello
通讯作者:
A. Andrello
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
P. H. A. Medeiros;A. Güntner;T. Francke;G. L. Mamede;J. C. d. Araújo
通讯作者:
J. C. d. Araújo
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
O. Navratil;O. Evrard;M. Esteves;S. Ayrault;I. Lefèvre;C. Legoût;J. Reyss;N. Gratiot;J. Némery;N. Mathys;Alain Poirel;P. Bonté
通讯作者:
P. Bonté
影响因子:
5.1
作者:
E. N. Mueller;A. Güntner;T. Francke;G. Mamede
通讯作者:
G. Mamede
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Lima Neto;Wiegand;de Araújo
通讯作者:
de Araújo