Quantifying sediment sources in lowlying sugarcane land: a sediment budget approach
dc.contributor.author | Visser, Fleur | |
dc.contributor.author | Roth, Christian | |
dc.contributor.author | Wasson, Robert J | |
dc.contributor.author | Prosser, Ian | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Alice Springs | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T22:18:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-13T22:18:14Z | |
dc.date.created | Sep 2 2002 | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-11T07:42:24Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.isbn | 1-901502-96-1 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/71552 | |
dc.publisher | International Association of Hydrological Sciences | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedminentary Systems | |
dc.source | The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedminentary Systems (Proceedings of an international symposium held at Alice Springs, September 2002) | |
dc.subject | Keywords: 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.title | Quantifying sediment sources in lowlying sugarcane land: a sediment budget approach | |
dc.type | Conference paper | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 175 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 169 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Visser, Fleur, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Roth, Christian, CSIRO Land and Water | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Wasson, Robert J, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Prosser, Ian, CRC for Catchment Hydrology | |
local.contributor.authoremail | u9007788@anu.edu.au | |
local.contributor.authoruid | Visser, Fleur, u9901671 | |
local.contributor.authoruid | Wasson, Robert J, u9007788 | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040310 - Sedimentology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | MigratedxPub2766 | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-0036374806 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | Migrated | |
local.type.status | Published Version |