Journal
CATENA
Volume 208, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105727
Keywords
Debris flow; Landscape evolution; Sedimentary basin; Field investigation; Sediment availability
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41790434, 41907229, 41941019]
- Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program [2019QZKK0903]
- State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering Project [2019KY-01]
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Through an investigation of gullies along the Daheba River, it was found that debris flows are influenced by Z(E) topography, with sediment abundantly available from steep erodible gully banks. Debris flows consist of a head and a body, and as the gully drainage area increases, Z(E) and debris flow frequency initially increase before decreasing.
An investigation on 152 gullies along the Daheba River in the Tongde sedimentary basin was performed. Debris flows develop in gullies with an excess topography Z(E), which represents the sediment availability, above a critical threshold value. Debris flows in the Daheba watershed are supply-unlimited, i.e sediment is abundantly available from the steep erodible gully banks. Debris flows consist of a head and a body. The body propagates faster than the head and constantly supplies it with sediment. The body and head propagate in an intermittent way through the transient storage of sediment on the riverbed and its subsequent remobilization. Although the main sediment supply is provided by bank collapse, debris-flow events also incise the gully bed. The growth and incision of debris-flow gullies in supply-unlimited watersheds is mainly controlled by the frequency of occurrence of debris flows, which is closely related to Z(E). With growth of the gully drainage area, Z(E) and the debris-flow frequency initially increase, until they reach maximum values in gullies with a drainage area of intermediate size, which are assumed to be the morphologically most active gullies. With further growth of the gully drainage area, Z(E) and the debris-flow frequency decrease, which opposes the development of debris flows and leads to a more stable gully morphology.
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