Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/LANDFANA.036.008
J. Święchowicz
{"title":"The assessment of influence of soil erosion by water in the transformation of agricultural slopes of the Wiśnicz Foothills","authors":"J. Święchowicz","doi":"10.12657/LANDFANA.036.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/LANDFANA.036.008","url":null,"abstract":"The main aim of the paper is to assess influence of soil erosion by water in the transformation of agricultural slopes of the edge of Wiśnicz Foothills. Low hills are typical in the morphology of the area. Results presented come from measurements of soil erosion by water in 2007–2009. Soil erosion took place during short transformation periods and was caused by events of high magnitude and low frequency during which soil particles are transported from the slope to the channel, but its supply was only local and episodic. In the foothill area slope and channel are weakly linked.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43529673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/LANDFANA.036.003
O. Slaymaker
{"title":"A global perspective on denudation data, primarily specific sediment yield in mountainous regions","authors":"O. Slaymaker","doi":"10.12657/LANDFANA.036.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/LANDFANA.036.003","url":null,"abstract":"A brief review of the evolution of denudation research since the 1960s is followed by a review of specific sediment yield variability in mountainous regions of the world as a function of spatial scale, relief, glaciation, lithology and disturbance type and location within the basin. A general model of scalar relations of suspended sediment yield for Canadian regions warns against comparing data from basins with areas ranging over several orders of magnitude. A regional summary of specific sediment yield in mountainous British Columbia confirms that in basins <1 km2 and >30,000 km2 specific sediment yield decreases with basin size whereas in basins of intermediate size (between 1 km² and 30,000 km²) specific sediment yield increases with basin size. This effect is interpreted in terms of three distinct process zones in every mountain basin. These zones can be characterized as a) generally degrading hillslope zones, b) generally aggrading footslopes and valley sides, and c) channelized flows on valley floors demonstrating either net aggradation or degradation. These are identifiable repeating elements in such landscapes. Suspended sediment yield data from mountainous regions around the world are considered in light of the British Columbia model. Some support for the model is found where basins are stratified according to scale, relief, lithology, disturbance types, and location within each basin. Disturbance types include the presence of glaciers, land use activities of various kinds, such as increasing population pressure in the intertropical montane zone, changing population distribution and associated economic activities in the temperate montane zone, and potentially hydroclimate change.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47373870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/landfana.036.009
Małgorzata Kijowska-Strugała, Krzysztof Kiszka
{"title":"Environmental factors affecting splash erosion in the mountain area (the Western Polish Carpathians)","authors":"Małgorzata Kijowska-Strugała, Krzysztof Kiszka","doi":"10.12657/landfana.036.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/landfana.036.009","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to examine the effects of various environmental factors on splash erosion based on the funnel method under natural conditions. The relationship between splash and wash erosion were also studied. The intermediate timescale study (2012–2016, from May to October) was conducted in the Western Polish Carpathians where Inceptisols predominate. The splash erosion rate (kg m−2) was variable and showed a strong correlation with environmental factors, including rainfall parameters, land use (black fallow, meadow), slope gradient (0°, 11°), and also the particle size of soil and usage time (organic matter content, OM). The splash erosion rate on the slope with black fallow was 95 times higher than in the meadow and up to 20 times higher than in flat area. The average downslope splash erosion was 75% higher than the upslope splash erosion, and the soil particles were detached to maximum heights of 50 cm (downslope). There was a positive correlation between splash erosion and wash and a negative correlation between splash erosion and OM.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47394946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/landfana-037-002
L. Andrzejewski, K. Krzemień, Z. Zwoliński
{"title":"Zarys przyrodniczych i antropogenicznych uwarunkowań rozwoju systemów dolinnych i korytowych w Polsce","authors":"L. Andrzejewski, K. Krzemień, Z. Zwoliński","doi":"10.12657/landfana-037-002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/landfana-037-002","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is an attempt to review the state of current knowledge and discussion on the evolution and typology of valley and river channel systems in Poland. Contemporary landscapes of valley systems and river channel systems reflect the overlap of multiple natural and anthropogenic factors. Among them, climate changes and regional morphotectonic and morphogenetic determinants are of crucial importance. Over the last decades, these landscapes have undergone substantial transformations, among others as a result of climate change and as a consequence of changing hydrological conditions, land use, as well as a result of increasing human interference in river channel and valley systems. It thus follows from the circumstances that attempts are made to classify different evolutionary types and subtypes of river valleys and different types of contemporary river channel patterns and floodplains that reflect complex and often overlapping natural and anthropogenic conditions.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42921926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/landfana.036.007
Vincent Viel, M. Fort, C. Lissak, K. Graff, B. Carlier, G. Arnaud-Fassetta, É. Cossart, M. Madelin
{"title":"Debris-flow functioning and their contribution to sedimentary budgets: the Peynin subcatchment of the Guil River (Upper Queyras, Southern French Alps)","authors":"Vincent Viel, M. Fort, C. Lissak, K. Graff, B. Carlier, G. Arnaud-Fassetta, É. Cossart, M. Madelin","doi":"10.12657/landfana.036.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/landfana.036.007","url":null,"abstract":"The Peynin catchment (15 km2) is prone to catastrophic floods (June 1957 – Recurrence Interval R.I.>100 yr), June 2000 (R.I.-30 yr) with serious damages to infrastructure and buildings located at the outlet. In this paper, PIT tags tracers and Vensim modelling software are used to better assess the sediment delivery unsteadiness, and more specifically to evaluate the respective role of geomorphological processes on sediment supply during flood event. For the last 20 years, our results highlight a significant variability in sediment delivery from a tributary to another one. According to our studies, we suppose that two torrential tributaries of the Peynin river, the Peyronnelle and Three Arbres subcatchments (<2 km2, representing <15% of the Peynin catchment area) are responsible of 80% of the sediments observed at the outlet of the catchment. Several processes take a part of these sediment transfers, but the efficiency of the sediment cascade in this catchment can be explained by a strong connectivity between sediment erosion area and the main channel of the catchment. Debris and torrential flows triggered during high intensity meteorological event are actually effectively coupled in space and time and guarantee an important sediment supply able to reload the downstream part of the sediment cascade. Recent climate trends, marked by extremes, suggest consequently more damaging events to come, in a context of increasing vulnerable assets","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45268144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/landfana.036.001
T. Błachowicz, V. Andreychouk, K. Domino
{"title":"Random walk analysis of cave maps for exemplary gypsum caves-mazes of Western Ukraine","authors":"T. Błachowicz, V. Andreychouk, K. Domino","doi":"10.12657/landfana.036.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/landfana.036.001","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents a new method of quantitative parameterization of net geomorphological structures with the use of random walk formalism and an analysis of Hurst exponent distribution derived from random walk experiments. As examples, horizontally developed gypsum caves were elaborated. The provided methodology is able to uniquely characterize cave systems.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42292006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/landfana.036.004
A. Yair, R. Almog, Y. Arbel
{"title":"The hydrological role of biological topsoil crusts and water repellency in sandy dry-land areas","authors":"A. Yair, R. Almog, Y. Arbel","doi":"10.12657/landfana.036.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/landfana.036.004","url":null,"abstract":"Dryland areas are regarded as highly sensitive to climatic changes. A positive relationship between rainfall and environmental factors is often assumed for areas with an average annual rainfall of 100–300 mm. This assumption disregards the fact that a climate change in arid areas is not limited to climatic factors. It is often accompanied by a pronounced spatial variability in surface characteristics. The present work deals with the complex relationships among average annual rainfall, surface properties and the spatial redistribution of water resources in sandy areas located in the Northern Negev Desert. Two case studies are considered. The first deals with the hydrological effects of biological topsoil crusts on the water regime, along a rainfall gradient (86–170 mm). This study is based on five monitoring sites. Data obtained show a decrease in water availability with increasing annual rainfall. The findings are attributed to the decisive role played by the non-uniform properties of the topsoil crust along the rainfall gradient. The second case refers to the non-uniform development, and survival, of planted trees. Trees planted on steep dunes are well developed, with a high survival rate, whereas trees planted on low angle dunes are small. This study focused on the role of a water repellent layer on the water regime. Data obtained show a striking difference between steep and low dunes in all aspects studied, namely the degree of water repellency, frequency and magnitude of runoff events, infiltration depth and soil moisture. All variables monitored were found higher on steep than on low dunes. The large trees shed a substantial amount of leaves, whose decay developed a water repellent layer. Runoff generation over the repellent layer enhanced deep water penetration, through the process of subsurface flow. The lack of a water repellent layer over the low dunes prevented runoff generation, with its positive effects.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42513064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-12-30DOI: 10.12657/LANDFANA.036.006
J. Szpikowski, M. Majewski, W. Madaj
{"title":"Conditions for soil erosion by water in the upper Parsęta catchment","authors":"J. Szpikowski, M. Majewski, W. Madaj","doi":"10.12657/LANDFANA.036.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/LANDFANA.036.006","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents potential soil erosion risk of the upper Parsęta catchment (Drawskie Lake District, NW Poland). The model considers following conditions affecting the size of soil erosion: slope gradient, LS factor, lithology, land use and land cover. Thematic maps have been reclassified into a 4-degree division. Potential soil erosion risk map was prepared on the basis of thematic maps. Areas with small and moderate susceptibility to soil erosion occupy 71.5% of the catchment area. The 4th class of erosiveness is represented by the river valley slopes, steep slopes of kame and moraine hills, covering 28.5% of the upper Parsęta catchment.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48437898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-07-09DOI: 10.12657/LANDFANA.035.008
Michael U.K. Anya, C. Ezekwe, C. Oyegun
{"title":"Morphological analysis of the Woji River in Port Harcourt, Nigeria; using temporal data and mathematical algorithm","authors":"Michael U.K. Anya, C. Ezekwe, C. Oyegun","doi":"10.12657/LANDFANA.035.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/LANDFANA.035.008","url":null,"abstract":"The research analysed morphological variations of the Woji River between 1986 and 2016 using mathematical extrapolations and temporal data. A 50% reduction in the River mean channel width, fullbank discharge and the stream power was found. Channel siltation occurred due to high sediment fluxes from rapid urban processes versus reduced stream power of the river. Water hyacinth invasion, domestic waste dumps and narrow culvers constricted the river channels. Finally, an impaired river status was found and extinction projected by 2043. Recommended were correction and monitoring exercises to check activities along the river channel and to restore the head stream wetlands.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47724181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Landform AnalysisPub Date : 2018-07-09DOI: 10.12657/LANDFANA.035.007
A. Seijmonsbergen, Jorinde Guldenaar, K. Rijsdijk
{"title":"Exploring Hawaiian long-term insular geodiversity dynamics","authors":"A. Seijmonsbergen, Jorinde Guldenaar, K. Rijsdijk","doi":"10.12657/LANDFANA.035.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12657/LANDFANA.035.007","url":null,"abstract":"The role of time is underrepresented in assessments of geodiversity. Hot spot islands are unique systems to explore long-term geodiversity dynamics. The geodiversity dynamics of seven Hawaiian Islands are analysed by a qualitative-quantitative assessment using a geodiversity index. As input, freely available geological, soil and hydrological datasets are used, along with topographic diversity variables calculated from a digital elevation model. Long-term geodiversity dynamics were evaluated through correlation of island age to geodiversity class and assessment of the role of each contributing variable to the geodiversity class. The results indicate that high geodiversity is positively correlated with increasing island age, while younger islands generally correlate with low geodiversity classes. This is explained by the high contribution of topographic variables, and to a lesser extent by hydrological development and soil formation over time. These findings suggest that geodiversity dynamics play an important role in the life cycle of hot spot islands.","PeriodicalId":30719,"journal":{"name":"Landform Analysis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43357763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}