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Avulsion mechanisms on the Okavango fan, Botswana: the control of a fluvial system by vegetation 总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6
A study of the avulsion of a major distributory channel on the alluvial fan (22 000 km2 in area) of the Okavango River in northern Botswana has revealed that channels serve as arterial systems distributing water which sustains large areas of permanent swamp. The channels are vegetatively confined. A primary channel, defined here as a channel which receives water and sediment directly from the fan apex, aggrades vertically as a result of bedload deposition. The rate of aggradation increases downchannel and may exceed 5 cm yr?1 in the distal reaches. Rapid aggradation is associated with a decline in flow velocity. This initiates a series of feedback mechanisms involving invasion of the channel by aquatic plants which trap floating plant debris, further reducing flow rate and causing the channel water surface to become elevated, thereby increasing rate of water loss from the channel, accelerating blockage and aggradation. The channel ultimately fails. Enhanced water loss from the channel promotes the growth of flanking swamp vegetation, which confines the failing channel. Increased flow through the swamp erodes pre-existing hippopotamus trails, producing a secondary channel system which overlaps but does not connect directly to the failing reach of the primary channel. The region of failure of the primary channel migrates upstream, accompanied by headward propagation of the secondary channel system. The swamp distal to the failed primary channel dessicates and is destroyed by peat fires. Secondary channels are stable and not prone to blockage. Comparison with avulsions described in other river systems indicates that the influence of plants in the Okavango River system is exceptionally strong. 相似文献
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The 1800-km2 Okavango alluvial fan of northern Botswana represents an unusual depositional setting in which peat-forming perennial swamps (6000 km2) occur in a region of aeolian and semi-arid sedimentation within an incipient graben of the East African Rift. A channel system distributes water and sediment on the fan surface but cannot contain seasonal flood water, which spreads laterally from the channels through permeable channel margins, sustaining the flanking swamps. All sediment introduced is deposited on the fan. A detailed study of sediment movement and associated hydrological conditions in the channels was undertaken to examine sediment dispersal. Bedload greatly exceeds suspended load (at least by a factor of four). Vegetation and peat form permeable levees which confine the channels. In the upper reaches, two-way exchange of water occurs between channel and swamp depending on the season, but on the fan itself, channels lose water to the swamp. Bedload measurements reveal that the channel system is in a state of grade disequilibrium, with interspersed depositional and erosional reaches. Deposition of most of the incoming bedload occurs on the upper portion of the fan in a meandering and anastomosed channel system, but on the midfan, deposition of bedload occurs by channel-bed aggradation, at a rate of up to 5 cm yr–1. Further down slope, the channel enters a large lake where all remaining bedload is deposited. The presently observed sedimentation patterns may be due to a recent disturbance of the fluvial system, either by avulsion or neotectonics. 相似文献
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McCARTHY D. STOLOVY S. KERN S. SCHNEIDER G. FERRO A. SPINRAD H. BLACK J. SMITH B. 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1997,78(1-3):243-249
Near-infrared images of comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) were obtained from NICMOS/HST on UT August 27–28, 1997, when the comet
emerged from the 50 degree solar elongation limit at 2.99 AU from Earth. Diffraction-limited images were obtained with camera
2 filters centered at 1.87, 1.90, 2.04 and 2.22 μm with ∼0.2″ resolution (0.076″/pixel; 165 km/pixel). Over the 1.7-hour baseline
of observation, a recent (<7 hours) outburst is seen in the form of an expanding spiral arm with a projected expansion velocity
of ∼80 m/s. Other asymmetric features include a jet emanating from the nucleus and several static linear features. Comparisons
of the flux distribution in the 2.04 and 2.22 μm filters indicate that the region near the nucleus exhibits a slight, ∼3%,
water ice absorption.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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