Effects of a pipeline right-of-way on sediment yields in the Spring Creek watershed, Alberta

1980 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Martz ◽  
Ian A. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Stream Channel ◽  
Sediment Yields ◽  
Right Of Way ◽  
Sediment Production ◽  
Peace River ◽  
Creek Watershed ◽  
Northern Portion ◽  
Few Data ◽  
Sediment Data

Very few data are available on the sediment yield of Alberta watersheds especially in the northern portion of the province. In the 175 000 km2 Peace River basin, which covers about 25% of Alberta, sediment data are collected regularly at only four stations. One of these is the 112.7 km2 Spring Creek watershed. In 1977 a pipeline was installed near the mouth of Spring Creek, disturbing an area of about 5000 m2 near the stream channel. The effects of this were to increase local sediment yields by over 1600 Mg in a 4 month period. This compares with regional averages for the Peace River basin of 18–88 Mg∙km−2∙year−1. The study indicates the magnitude of spatial variation of sediment production and shows some effects of geotechnical activities on sediment yields.

scholarly journals Reconstruction of Seasonal Net Erosion in a Mediterranean Landscape (Alento River Basin, Southern Italy) over the Past Five Decades

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazzareno Diodato ◽  
Gianni Bellocchi
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Rainfall Erosivity ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
Antecedent Soil Moisture ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Sediment Yields ◽  
Convective Systems ◽  
Mesoscale Convective ◽  
Basic Scale

In the low Mediterranean basin, late spring and autumn rainfall events have the potential to increase discharge and transport substantial amounts of sediment soil (that is, the net soil erosion from a watershed). For the Alento River Basin (ARB), located in the low Tyrrhenian coast of Italy, we estimated changes of net erosion as dependent on the seasonality of antecedent soil moisture and its control on rainfall-runoff and erosivity. Based on rainfall and runoff erosivity sub-models, we developed a simplified model to evaluate basin-wide sediment yields on a monthly basis by upscaling point rainfall input. For the period 1951–2018, the reconstruction of a time series of monthly net erosion data indicated a decreasing trend of the sediment yield after 1991. Revegetation and land abandonment that occurred in the last decades can explain such a decrease of net erosion, which occurred even when rainfall erosivity increased. This response, obtained at the basic scale, does not exclude that rapidly developing mesoscale convective systems, typically responsible for the heaviest and most destructive rainfall events in the ARB, can affect small catchments, which are the most vulnerable systems to storm-driven flash floods and soil erosion hazards during soil tilling in spring and at beginning of autumn.

The synoptic climate controls on hydrology in the upper reaches of the Peace River Basin. Part I: snow accumulation

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 4097-4111 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Romolo ◽  
T. D. Prowse ◽  
D. Blair ◽  
B. R. Bonsal ◽  
L. W. Martz
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Snow Accumulation ◽  
Peace River ◽  
Climate Controls

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTICS ON SEDIMENT PRODUCTION IN THE TAKAHARA RIVER BASIN

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 1075-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaharu FUJITA ◽  
Toyoaki SAWADA ◽  
Masao SHIDA ◽  
Motohiro ITOH
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Sediment Production

Geochemistry of two Cretaceous coal-bearing sequences: James Bay lowlands, northern Ontario, and Peace River basin, northeast British Columbia

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1038-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Van der Flier-Keller ◽  
W. S. Fyfe
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Modes Of Occurrence ◽  
Peace River ◽  
Element Contents ◽  
Moose River

Cretaceous coal-bearing sequences from the Moose River basin in northern Ontario and the Peace River basin in northeast British Columbia were analysed for trace- and major-element contents. Modes of occurrence of the trace elements are proposed on the basis of Pearson correlation coefficients and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis.The Moose River basin lignite was deposited in an alluvial floodplain environment, and the restricted mineralogy, dominated by quartz and kaolinite, reflects derivation from a highly weathered terrain. The bituminous coal from the Peace River basin was deposited in an alluvial to deltaic environment, with a dominant mineralogy including quartz, illite, kaolinite, mixed-layer clays, carbonates, barite, feldspar, and pyrite.Trace-element contents in both deposits are comparable to the average concentration in United States coals. Modes of occurrence of trace elements in the coals are extremely variable and depend on local conditions both during deposition and subsequently. Association with the organic matter is the most common mode of occurrence of trace elements in the Moose River basin lignites, whereas clay minerals are important trace-element sites in the Peace River basin coal.Factors including coal rank, clay mineralogy, nature of the surrounding rocks, and composition of the groundwaters appear to have important influences on the concentrations of the trace elements and their siting in the coals.

scholarly journals Erosion thresholds and suspended sediment yields, Waipaoa River Basin, New Zealand

2000 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1129-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Murray Hicks ◽  
Basil Gomez ◽  
Noel A. Trustrum
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Sediment Yields

Sediment Production in a small Appalachian Watershed during Spring Runoff: The Eaton Basin, 1970–1972

1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1707-1734 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Carson ◽  
C. H. Taylor ◽  
B. J. Grey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sediment Transport ◽  
The United States ◽  
Channel Network ◽  
Discharge Data ◽  
Sediment Rating Curve ◽  
Sediment Yields ◽  
Sediment Production ◽  
Spring Runoff

This report describes work in an IHD Representative Basin in the Quebec Appalachians, the Eaton River Basin (86 km2 in area), upstream from Randboro. The Basin is dominantly forest-covered, contains no large settlement, and, in general, 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; available long-term discharge data indicate these to be representative of present-day conditions. Sediment transport rates are well below capacity and sediment yields are lower than might have been expected from the Langbein-Schumm data in the United States. Suspended sediment originates primarily from scour of the banks of the channel network, and concentrations show a systematic increase with basin area (or distance downstream), quite unlike previous data from the midwestern United States. The sediment rating curve approach is a very good predictor of sediment transport rates, although because of the differences in hydrograph type, there is a large difference between the equations for the 1970 and 1971 spring floods. This difference, 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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