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- Title
Interpreting sediment yield scaling.
- Authors
Church, Michael
- Abstract
Terrestrial sediment yield - often measured as suspended sediment load in stream channels - commonly scales with drainage area within homogeneous land surface regions. But the effect of drainage area has not usually been recognized in comparative sediment yield analyses, rendering most comparisons of sediment yield from disparate source areas invalid. The procedure to discount scale differences for comparative purposes is presented. Mathematical scaling varies according to landscape condition and provides a physical interpretation of that condition. The results open the way for rational construction of a 'sediment delivery ratio'. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
SUSPENDED sediments; RIVER channels; SEDIMENT transport; ALLUVIUM; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition
- Publication
Earth Surface Processes & Landforms, 2017, Vol 42, Issue 12, p1895
- ISSN
0197-9337
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/esp.4165