Gurnell, A.M. and Warburton, J. and Clark, M.J. (1988)

A comparison of the sediment yield characteristics of two adjacent glacier basins, Val d'Hérens, Switzerland

Inproceedings
Cite key
Gurnell1988
Language
en
Journal
Sediment Budgets (Proceedings of the Porto Alegre Symposium, December 1988)
Volume
IAHS Publ. no. 174
Pages
431-441
URL
http://iahs.info/redbooks/a174/iahs_174_0431.pdf
Description
This paper provides preliminary calibrations of the amount of sediment trapped by meltwater intake structures on two proglacial streams. The calibrations permit the estimation of suspended sediment and bedload yield over prolonged periods and are used with more traditional monitoring techniques to characterise and explain differences in sediment yield from two adjacent glacier basins.