Quantifying sediment sources in lowlying sugarcane land: a sediment budget approach

dc.contributor.authorVisser, Fleur
dc.contributor.authorRoth, Christian
dc.contributor.authorWasson, Robert J
dc.contributor.authorProsser, Ian
dc.coverage.spatialAlice Springs
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:18:14Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T22:18:14Z
dc.date.createdSep 2 2002
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T07:42:24Z
dc.description.abstractThe flood plain of the Herbert River basin is predominantly used for sugarcane cultivation. Although flood plains are generally considered depositional areas, high sediment concentrations have been observed in the water draining from cane land. Erosion control measures have reduced erosion from cane fields, but other landscape elements (e.g. drains) could still be important sediment sources. For this study the total sediment output from a cane area was gauged and the contribution of a range of landscape elements was quantified with traditional erosion measurement methods. A sediment budget is used to both present and check the measurement results. The study indicates that this tropical flood plain area is a net source of sediment. Sediment loss from the cultivated cane land was 3.9 t ha-1 between 1 December 1999 and 31 May 2000.
dc.identifier.isbn1-901502-96-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/71552
dc.publisherInternational Association of Hydrological Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedminentary Systems
dc.sourceThe Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedminentary Systems (Proceedings of an international symposium held at Alice Springs, September 2002)
dc.subjectKeywords: Catchments; Cultivation; Erosion; Rivers; Tropical flood plain; Sediments; agricultural land; erosion control; floodplain; fluvial geomorphology; sediment budget; Australia Australia; Erosion measurements; Flood plain; Herbert river; Humid tropics; Sediment budget; Sediment sources; Sediment storage
dc.titleQuantifying sediment sources in lowlying sugarcane land: a sediment budget approach
dc.typeConference paper
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage175
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage169
local.contributor.affiliationVisser, Fleur, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationRoth, Christian, CSIRO Land and Water
local.contributor.affiliationWasson, Robert J, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationProsser, Ian, CRC for Catchment Hydrology
local.contributor.authoremailu9007788@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidVisser, Fleur, u9901671
local.contributor.authoruidWasson, Robert J, u9007788
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor040310 - Sedimentology
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub2766
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0036374806
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByMigrated
local.type.statusPublished Version

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