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Author : Carson, M.A.; Taylor, C.H.; and Grey, B.J.
Date : 1973
Title : Sediment production in a small Appalachian Watershed during spring run-off: the Eaton Basin, 1970-1972
Publication : Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Issue : 10(12):
Page(s) : 1707-1734
Abstract
Sediment yield was measured in an IHD representative basin, the Eaton River Basin (86 sq km in area), in the Quebec Applachians. The basin is dominantly forest covered, contains no large settlement, and shows little human disturbance that might affect sediment production. The suspended load of the Eaton River was studied in detail during the spring runoff periods of 1970 and 1971. Sediment transport rates are well below capacity and sediment yields are lower than might have been expected from data in the United States. Suspended sediment originates primarily from scour of the banks of the channel network. Sediment concentrations show a systematic increase with basin area (or distance downstream), unlike previous data from the midwestern united states. The sediment rating curve approach is a very good predictor of sediment transport rates. The difference in loads between 1970 and 1971 floods and residuals from the sediment rating curves are considered in a simulation model of sediment production from bank erosion based on the changing shear resistance of bank sediment during a fluctuating hydrograph.
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