SEDIMENT YIELD AND DELIVERY IN THE BLANKET PEAT MOORLANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PENNINES

被引:64
作者
LABADZ, JC [1 ]
BURT, TP [1 ]
POTTER, AWR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD,SCH GEOG,OXFORD OX1 3TB,ENGLAND
关键词
SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; PEAT MOORLANDS RESERVOIRS; EROSION;
D O I
10.1002/esp.3290160306
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
In contrast to much previous research on blanket peat moorland, which has concentrated upon studies of the form and causes of gully erosion, this paper attempts to investigate sediment transport and to estimate both short-term and long-term sediment yields in such terrain. The research was conducted on Wessenden Head Moor to the west of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where automatic stream sampling continued over a period of two years. Use of corrected rating curves (Ferguson, 1988) provided a mean estimate of sediment yield over this period of 55 t km-2 yr-1. In addition an estimate of longer-term sediment yield was derived from four reservoir sediment surveys in the Wessenden Valley. Total yield was 203.69 t km-2 yr-1, including an organic fraction of 38.82 t km-2 yr-1. Stream sampling at three sites on Shiny Brook, including headwaters and the outflow to the reservoir, suggested that there is great temporal and spatial variability in mineral and organic inputs to the reservoirs. Although not excessive in gravimetric terms, the low density of peat means that there is a serious erosion problem. Estimates of erosion rates for the peat gully network at Shiny Brook appear to confirm earlier evidence concerning the relatively recent occurrence of this erosion, within the last two centuries.
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