Suspended sediment sources and tributary effects in the lower reaches of a coastal plain stream as indicated by radionuclides, Loco Bayou, Texas

Characterizing the dynamics of fluvial sediment sources over space and time is often critical in identifying human impacts on fluvial systems. Upland interfluve and subsoil sources of suspended sediment at Loco Bayou, Texas, were distinguished using ²²⁶Ra/²³²Th, ²²⁶Ra/²³⁰Th and, ²²⁸Ra/²³²Th. Source contributions were apportioned at three stations during within-bank and flood flows. ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb_xs (excess ²¹⁰Pb) were used to determine floodplain sedimentation; suspended sediment ²¹⁰Pb_xs/¹³⁷Cs data mirrored results of Ra/Th, showing dominance of subsoil sources during within-bank flows, changing to interfluve sources during flood. This trend corresponds spatially to influx of sediment from ephemeral tributaries, reflecting mobilization of stored interfluvial sediments during flood stage. Upper basin sedimentation was similar but markedly less at the lowermost station. These results indicate (1) modified ephemeral tributaries store sediment derived from sheet wash, discharging them during flood, and (2) southernmost Loco Bayou is episodically re-worked, resulting in significantly reduced local rates of sedimentation.     

陕南河流泥沙输移比问题

通过分析陕南河流泥沙的输移比现状、输移比的时空变化及发展趋势,指出在特定的自然地理条件下,泥沙中推移质比例较大,致使该区泥沙输移比远小于１,这是陕南河流泥沙运移的重要特征;输移比在空间上有明显差异并且沿程逐渐增大。从时间上看,自５０年代以来,输移比有不断减小的趋势,今后一段时间,随着区内河流径流量的减少和人为侵蚀作用的加剧,泥沙输移比仍会减小。     

EFFECTS OF EXISTENCE OF SEDIMENT PARTICLES ON THE ENERGY LOSS OF FLOW

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层状土重力释水机制初步探讨

地下水位下降时,土体中粗细不等的孔隙通道释水不同步而在细孔隙中形成悬挂毛细水,这是重力疏干释水减量与滞后的一个重要原因。文中用模型解释了孔隙通道大小愈悬殊,水位降速愈大,均质土给水度愈小,释水愈滞后的原因。分析了层状土中给水度与水位变动带及毛细水带的岩性,厚度及其配置情况,以及水位下降速率的关系。     

Some observations on suspended sediment dynamics in Storbregrova,Jotunheimen

Observations are reported of the dynamics of suspended sediment transport in the meltstream of Storbreen in the Jotunheimen. Fine sediment is transferred from the subglacial to the proglacial environment during low flow (meltdominated) periods, and then removed from the catchment during high flow (rainfall-controlled) events. Both diurnal and storm period sediment load-discharge relationships involve clockwise hysteresis, but separate multivariate rating curves define variations of load with streamflow according to (1) the relative importance of meltwater and rainfall runoff, and (2) changes in the sediment source areas contributing to the stream at different times. Particle size variations in the suspended sediment also reflect varying source area influences.     

STREAM-SUBSURFACE EXCHANGE, SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, AND THE COUPLED TRANSPORT OF COLLOIDS AND CONTAMINANTS IN SEDIMENT BEDS

1 INTRODUCTION Alluvial streams generally have permeable bed sediments that can admit significant pore water flows. Steady flow of surface water over bed roughness features such as sand waves or pools and riffles can then drive water flow into and out of the shallow subsurface. This is often termed hyporheic exchange, and the subsurface region where mixing between stream and ground waters occurs is the hyporheic zone (Hynes, 1983). The hyporheic zone has been shown to be a critical com…     

RATIONAL BASIS FOR SUSPENDED SEDIMENT MODELING

This paper presents a rational basis to model the transport of suspended sediment. The loose-boundary condition for 3D models and the adjustment coefficients for both the depth-integrated 2D and laterally integrated 1D models are treated comprehensively. A combination of Dirichlet and Neumann conditions is proposed as the loose-boundary condition. The adjustment coefficient for 2D models is obtained on the basis of the proposed boundary condition and analytical solutions developed for some simple cases of non-equilibrium transport of sediment in uniform flows. The adjustment coefficient for 1D models for natural rivers is further obtained from lateral integration. Comparisons with analytical solutions and a considerable amount of laboratory and prototype data show that mathematical models developed along the proposed line of attack would well simulate the transport of suspended sediment in practical problems.     

叶蜡石传压介质内衬材料的研究

分析了白云石或白云石 其它材料作为传压介质内衬材料的可能性，并通过对内衬材料的工艺设计阐述了它们合成金刚石的效果特征。     

A New Power-Law Relation For The Vertical Distribution of Suspended Matter

Generally, the vertical distribution of suspendedmatter is described by a simplepower-law relation in which it is assumed that thefriction velocity is constant withheight. This is a simplification of the actual mechanismof turbulent transport, sinceturbulence will most likely be reduced in the presenceof suspended particles for avariety of reasons. Here we investigate analytically,by assuming a constant shearstress with height, how the increased density of thetwo-phase mixture reduces thefriction velocity. This reduces the upward turbulentflux of particles, which tends todecrease the drift density compared to a situation inwhich changes in friction velocityare neglected. A new power-law relation is derived,which in snowdrift predicts amaximum reduction in drift density of 25% (and 40%for Martian dust) over thestandard power-law relation. In other geophysicaltwo-phase flows, such as suspendedmatter in water, the effects are shown to be negligiblebecause of the small ratio of driftdensity and medium density. Generally, this and otherinteractions between the particlesand the flow should be taken into account to betterunderstand the vertical profile ofsuspended matter in geophysical two-phase flows.     

Combining dissolved, suspended and bed load stream geochemistry to explore for volcanic massive sulfide deposits: Big Salmon Complex, northern British Columbia

Exploration successes for volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, such as Kudz Ze Kayah, Wolverine and Fyre Lake in the Yukon–Tanana Terrane and Slide Mountain Terrane (southern Yukon Territory) have spurred interest in the correlative rocks in the Big Salmon Complex in northern British Columbia. In an effort to further the utility of multi-media stream geochemistry in exploration frontiers that are forested, heavily drift covered, or buried, the primary streams of 19 watersheds from the East Teslin Lake (National Topographic System (NTS): 104N/9, 16) and Teh Creek areas (NTS: 104O/11, 12, 13, 14) of the Big Salmon Complex were analyzed for Cu, Pb, and Zn and other parameters in the dissolved load, suspended load and bed load. Traditionally, exploration based on stream geochemistry has employed the bed load and more recently the dissolved load chemistry, but almost never the suspended load despite strong differences in the geochemical signatures of the three media. Here, we document that copper, lead, and zinc partition into the dissolved, suspended, and bed loads differently and that the magnitude of anomalies is different for each media. The adsorbing capacity of the suspended load may make it a more sensitive indicator of mineral deposits on a regional basis than either the trace-element-poor dissolved load or the bulk-rock-diluted bed load which are likely better indicators of local mineralization. It is clear that each phase contributes unique information about the distribution of elements in the watershed that could be considered in exploration models.We also show that summing standardized element concentrations and summing the sums across media appears to be an effective method to reduce the data without loss of important information. We likewise investigated the utility of calculating major element normalized enrichments for exploration and find that it is a promising approach.