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	The spatio-temporal invariability of sediment concentration and the flow-sediment relationship for hilly areas of the Chinese Loess Plateau
	Zheng M. G. ; Qin F. ; Yang J. S. ; Cai Q. G.
	2013
关键词	Scale Hyperconcentrated flow Sediment yield Soil erosion Model suspended sediment soil detachment mediterranean environments hyperconcentrated flow agricultural catchment temporal variability transport capacity gully erosion steep slopes rill erosion
英文摘要	The spatio-temporal variation underlies and complicates studies related to earth surface processes. Subsequent to our previous studies reporting the temporal invariability of sediment concentration, this study further reports the spatial invariability of sediment concentration or the flow-sediment relationship in the hilly part of the Chinese Loess Plateau. The dense channel network dissects this area into numerous sub-watersheds, which are composed of entire slopes (a combination of the hill slope and the valley side slope). Our data mainly involves ten experimental sites of entire slope and sub-watershed and 580 flood events at three locations. Our analysis at the intra-event time scale shows that the instantaneous sediment concentrations in runoff can generally approach the detach-limited maximum sediment concentration since the active massing wasting ensures an abundant sediment supply. Consequently, the event mean sediment concentration does not only remain fairly constant among flow events but also among the experimental sites despite the possible differences in topography, soil management or land cover, water source, soil surface properties, etc. This observation also holds at the annual time scale. Our result implies that a single proportional function is adequate to fit the flow-sediment relationship for any entire slope or sub-watershed, where eroded sediments are primarily sourced, over a considerable areal extent unless soil property has changed or check dams are installed. Moreover, the proportionality coefficient, which is indicative of the maximum detachment capacity, can be approximated through flume experiments rather than necessarily through long-term field observations. Our finding can facilitate the obtainment of spatially distributed information on soil loss in the Chinese Loess Plateau and is also indicative of other locations where sediment supply is sufficiently available. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
出处	Catena
卷	109
页	164-176
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
ISSN号	0341-8162
内容类型	SCI/SSCI论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/30000]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zheng M. G.,Qin F.,Yang J. S.,et al. The spatio-temporal invariability of sediment concentration and the flow-sediment relationship for hilly areas of the Chinese Loess Plateau. 2013.

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