Paraglacial Sediment Storage Quantification in the Turtmann Valley, Swiss Alps

Quantifizierung paraglazialer Sedimentspeicher im Turtmanntal, Schweizer Alpen

St. Augustin

2009

130 S.

56 Abb., 24 Tab., zahlr. Lit. Ang.

Bandaufführung

978-3-931-21938-0(falsch)

8042

156230

The determination of sediment storage is a critical parameter in sediment budget analyses. Sediment Budgets link sediment dynamics to landform evolution; the analysis of spatial landform distribution can support the reconstruction of past landforms changes. Quantification of sediment volumes often relies on crude estimations only, especially in large drainage basins (>100 km2). Accurate volumes have been determined only for small catchments (<30 km2) using geophysics. In order to close this gap, we present a new approach for storage quantification in a meso-scale alpine catchment of the Swiss Alps (Turtmann Valley, 110 km2).