Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Reid, L.M
• Dunne, T

Titel

Sediment production from forest road surfaces

Ist Teil von

• Water resources research, 1984-11, Vol.20 (11), p.1753-1761

Ort / Verlag

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1984

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Erosion on roads is an important source of fine‐grained sediment in streams draining logged basins of the Pacific Northwest. Runoff rates and sediment concentrations from 10 road segments subject to a variety of traffic levels were monitored to produce sediment rating curves and unit hydrographs for different use levels and types of surfaces. These relationships are combined with a continuous rainfall record to calculate mean annual sediment yields from road segments of each use level. A heavily used road segment in the field area contributes 130 times as much sediment as an abandoned road. A paved road segment, along which cut slopes and ditches are the only sources of sediment, yields less than 1% as much sediment as a heavily used road with a gravel surface.