Patterns of grain-size temporal variation of sediment transported by overland flow associated with moving storms: interpreting soil flume experiments Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract. This study describes and interprets the evolution of grain-size distribution of sediment yields generated in an experimental soil flume subjected to downstream and upstream moving rain storms. Results of laboratory experiments show that downstream moving storms cause more soil loss than do upstream moving storms. The pattern of sediment grain-size evolution in time during a runoff event exhibits a clear dependence on the direction of storm movement. A strong relationship between overland flow discharge and mean sediment size is found. Nevertheless, the mean grain-size of sediments transported during the rising limb of the hydrograph is coarser than during the recession limb of the hydrograph. This is more marked for downstream moving storms.

published proceedings

  • NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES

author list (cited authors)

  • de Lima, J., Dinis, P. A., Souza, C. S., de Lima, M., Cunha, P. P., Azevedo, J. M., Singh, V. P., & Abreu, J. M.

citation count

  • 17

complete list of authors

  • de Lima, JLMP||Dinis, PA||Souza, CS||de Lima, MIP||Cunha, PP||Azevedo, JM||Singh, VP||Abreu, JM

publication date

  • October 2011