Week 9
Lecture 16: Watershed Sediment Flux
Outline:
- Suspended sediment load (Qss)
- Qss dynamics in different settings
- Bedload dynamics
Course reading:
- Milliman, J. D. and Syvitsky, J.P.M. 1992. Geomorphic/tectonic control of sediment discharge to the ocean: the importance of small mountainous rivers. Journal of Geology 100:525-544.
- Gray, A. B., Warrick, J. A., Pasternack, G. B., Watson, E. B., Goni, M. A. 2014. Suspended sediment behavior in a coastal dry-summer subtropical catchment: effects of hydrologic preconditions. Geomorphology 214: 485-501. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.009.
Related web links:
none.
Lecture 17: Sediment Yield
Outline:
- Reservoir sedimentation
- Developing a sediment inflow rating curve
- Predicting reservoir life expectancy
- Estimating sediment yield
- Geomorphic controls on reservoir sediment yield
- Watershed-scale sediment yield
- Global sediment yield
Course reading:
- Blum M. D., Tornqvist, T. E. 2000. Fluvial responses to climate and sea-level change: a review and look forward. Sedimentology 47: 2-48.
- A good reference: Gregory L. Morris (Ed.) 1997. Reservoir Sedimentation Handbook : Design and Management of Dams, Reservoirs, and Watersheds for Sustainable Use. McGraw Hill, New York, 704 pp.
Related web links:
- Lake Sedimentation Project
- Reservoir Sedimentation Studies in Kansas
- Storage Capacity and Sedimentation of Loch Lomond Reservoir, Santa Cruz County, California, 1998
- Reservoir sedimentation survey in Taiwan
- Extreme reservoir siltation in Australia
- Sediment Problems at Three Gorges Dam
- Reservoir sedimentation on the Indus River
- USACE Los Angeles District's Reservoir Regulation Section
