Sediment Budgets

Sediment Budgets
Edited by
M. P. BORDAS
Instituto de Pesquisas Hidraulicas,
Universidade Federa/ do Rio Grande do
Sul, PO Box 530, 90001 Pono Alegre,
RS, Brazil
D. E. WALLING
Department of Geography, University of
Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK
Proceedings of the symposium
held at Porto Alegre, Brazil,
11·15 December 1988.
The
symposium was organized by
the International Association of
Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
and the Brazilian Mìnistry of
Education, represented by the
Institute of Hydraulic Research
(IPH) of the Federai University
of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
IAHS Publication No. 174
Contents
Preface
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by Mare Bordas & Des Walling
Physical Processes
Sediment Josses from cropland furrows
William C. Harmon
Carlos V. Alonso, L. Dona/d Meyer &
3
Sedimentation of four reaches of thc Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Nani G. Bhowmìk, l. Rodger Adams & Misganaw Demissie
11
Puissance hydraulique et dépOt de sédiments en eaux courantes M. P. Bordas,
A. L. de O. Borges & P. Medeiros
21
Gullying in the southeastern Brazìlian Plateau, Banana!, SP
Nelson F. Femandes & Carlos Edegard de Deus
Mathematical mode! for reservoir silting
Ana L Coelho Netto,
35
43
P. R J. Cogollo & S. M. Ville/a
Mode! experiments on bed Joad transport in the variable backwater zone of a
D. Fang, Y. X Chen & J. Y. Chen
reservoir
53
Expression générale du début d'érosion d'un fond mobile non-cohésif
G. K Gadjev
63
The silting of Moroccan dams
Abdelhadi Lahlou
71
Effects of slope length, slope gradient, tillage methods and cropping systems on
runoff and soil erosion on a tropical Alfisol: preliminary results R Lal
79
Hydrological characteristics as a determinane of sediment delivery in
watersheds Anne M Matherne & Karen L. Prestegaard
89
M. Nouh
97
Transport of suspendcd sediment in ephemeral channels
Methods of estimating bed load transport rates applied to ephemcral strcams
MNouh
Suspended scdiment routing along a reservoir
107
Jesus Gracia-Sanchez
117
Some factors affecting erosion of bed channels protected with riprap
E. C. Teixeira & S. M. Ville/a
125
Analytical evaluation of bed Joad transport in a river subject to backwater effect:
the case of the River Trombetas L. C. Veiga Pires, Lucio O. Ribeira &
A. R. S. R. Coimbra
133
The cropping pattern and its rolc in determining erosion risk: experimental plot
results from the Mugello valley (centrai Italy)
c. Za11chi
139
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Sediment Monitoring
A manitaring pragramme af sediment transpart in Norwegian rivers
lim Bogen
149
Choix de bassins représentatifs et expérimcntaux paur l'étude de l'érasian sur le
plateau basaltiquc sudarnéricain A. L. de O. Borges & M. P. Bordas
161
A methad far determining sediment budgets using caesium-137
R. l. Loughran & G. L. Elliott
171
B. L. Campbell,
A straregy far arganizing a sediment data callectian netwark based an the available
hydralagical recards far a catchment in Kenya S. H. Charania
181
Evaluarian of long term suspended sediment recards far selected Canadian rivers
T. l. Day
189
Assessing sediment saurces in a small drainage basin abave thc timberline in che
Pyrenees luan-Carlos Diez, Bernardo Alvera, Joan Puigdefàbregas & Francese Gallan
197
The nature af coarse materia! bed load transpart
207
Peter Ergenzinger
Development and fiume calibration of a new type of near-streambed suspended load
sampler D. Fang & G. D. Wang
217
Estimating erosion using caesium-137: I. Measuring caesium-137 activity in a soil
D. J. Fredericks, V. No1ris & S. l. Perrens
225
Estima ting erasian using caesium-137: II. Estimating rates of soillass
D. 1. Fredericks & S. J. Perrens
233
On idenrificatian af sources af sediment transport in srnall basins with special
reference ta paniculate phasphorus B. Hasholt
241
La gestian du bassin versant expérimenral de Draix pour la mesure de l'érosian
R. Mura, J. P. Cambon, F. Combes, M. Meunier & l. Oliver
251
An examination of the role of sampling strategies in the study af suspended
sediment transport L. J. 0/iver & W. A. Rieger
259
Tcchniques far establishing suspended sedimenr saurces in cwo drainage basins in
Devon, UK: a comparative assessme nt M. R Pearl & D. E. Walling
269
La production de sédiments sur les versants et leur transport à l'échellc du km 2 e n
savane humide, COte d'Ivoire Olivier Planclwn
281
Preliminary estimate of bed load using mean grain size distributian data
F. R Semmelmann, M. P. Bordas & A. E. Lanna
293
Analysis of the quality of suspended sediment data
A. E. Lanna
F. R. Semmelmann &
Erosion studies in Sumé, a semiarid region in the nartheast of Brazil
V. S. Srinivasan, H. P. Gomes, l. C. Leprun & l G. Si/va
301
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Mcasuring sedimem yields of storms using PSALT
Rol:>ert B. Thomas
315
The use of caesium-137 measurements to investigate sediment delivery from
cultivated areas in Devon, UK D. E. Walling & S. B. Bradley
325
The reliabilicy of rating curve estimates of suspended sediment yield: some further
comments D. E. Walling & B. W Webb
337
C
Sediment Yields and Sediment Budgets
Pcriodicicy of suspended sedimem concentr ations in the River Tigris at Baghdad
identified using short interval sampling N. A. Al-Ansari & G. T. Al-Sinawi
353
Eval uation des risques d'érosion et de sédimentation au Brésil à partir de bilans
sédimentologiques rudime ntaìres M. P. Bordas, A . E. !Anna & F. R. Semmelmann
359
Scdiment yield in the Velhas River basin (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
NelVIOn de Oliveira Carvalho
369
Analysis of sediment yields during the historic period in the loess region of the
Yellow River basin Dai Shensheng
377
Suspended sediment at a cross section of the Middle Paraml River: concentration,
granulometry and influence of the main tributaries E. C. Drago & M. L. Amsler
381
ETA (Erosion Transport Accumulation) systems, their classification, mapping and
managements G. B. Engelen & R. G. W Vennem
397
Lake-catchments: an evaluation of their contribution to studies of sediment yield
and delivery processes /an D. L. Foster, fohn A. Dearing & Robert Grew
413
Average long-term sediment discharge investigations based o.n reservoir resurvey
data and sediment yield rate factors E. P. Garcia & fP O. Vignoli
425
A comparison of the sediment transport and yield characteristics of two adjacent
glacier basins, Val d'Hérens, Switzerland A. M. Gumell, J. Warbunon & M. l. Cfark
431
Exportation de matières en suspension des Andes vers l'Amazonie par le Rio Béni,
Balivie l. L. Guyot, J. Bourges, R. Hoorelbecke, M. A. Roche, H. Calle, J. Cortes & M.
C. Barragan Guzman
443
Simulation mode! for the computation of sediment yield due to upland and channel
erosion from a Jarge basins V. Hrissanthou
453
Changes in the sediment output of two upland drainage basins during forestry land
use changcs
R. C. lohnson
463
The US national project to develop improved erosion prediction technology to
L l. Lane, D. L. Schertz, E. E. Alberts, l. M. Laflen & V. L . Lopes
replace the USLE
473
A study of the totalload transport by the YeUow River
Un Binwen & Long Yuqian
483
Modelling sedimentation processes in small watersheds
v. L
491
Lopes & L. l. L ane
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Contents
Transport dc matièrc sur les grands fleuves des régions intertropicales: les pre miers
résulta!S àes mesures de flux particulaires sur le bassin du fleuve Congo
l. Claude
0/ivry, J. Pien-e Bricquet, l. Pien-e Thiebau.x & Nkamdjou Sigha
509
Uncertainties in defining the suspended sediment budget for large drainage
Randolpll S. Parlrer
basins
523
Morphological controls on sediment delivery pathways
Karen L. Prestegaard
Channel sediment behaviour as a basis fo r modelling delivery processes
Rieger, L. J. Olive & C. J. Gippel
533
W. A.
541
Estimation of colluvial reservoir life from sediment budgeting, Katiorin experimental
R A. Suthrland & R B. Bryan
basin, Kenya
549
Erosion, transport an d deposition of sediments by the tropical rivers of India
P. Vaithiyanathan, Al. Ramanathan & V. Subramanian
561
Sediment yield and availability for two reservoir drainage basins in centrai Luzon,
Sue White
Philippines
575
Application of two physically-based sediment yield models at plot and field
scales J. M 'Wlcks, J. C. Bathurst, C. W. Johnson & T. l. Ward
583