Paraglacial Sediment Storage Quantification in the Turtmann Valley, Swiss Alps

St. Augustin

2009

130 S.

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

Bandaufführung

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

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).