Identifying eroding and depositional reaches of valley by analysis of suspended sediment Transport in the Sacramento River, California

Singer, Michael Bliss ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-2224 and Dunne, Thomas 2001. Identifying eroding and depositional reaches of valley by analysis of suspended sediment Transport in the Sacramento River, California. Water Resources Research 37 (12) , pp. 3371-3381. 10.1029/2001WR000457

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Abstract

Spatial patterns in suspended sediment transport and storage along the Sacramento River were assessed by evaluating the suspended sediment budget for the main channel accounting for all tributaries and diversions. Time series analysis was employed to quantify the relationship between streamflow and suspended sediment concentration for gauging stations along the main channel and signature tributaries. Sediment concentration records (of 2-yr duration) were extended using Box-Jenkins transfer function models to calculate annual rates of suspended sediment discharge over a 32-year period since dam construction on the Sacramento River. The suspended sediment budget was evaluated to identify reaches of net erosion or deposition. The results of the budget suggest the influence of tectonics and anthropogenic channel modification.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	American Geophysical Union (AGU)
ISSN:	0043-1397
Date of Acceptance:	30 August 2001
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 13:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/104168

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