The effect of lithology on valley width,terrace distribution,and bedload provenance in a tectonically stable catchment with flat‐lying stratigraphy          下载免费PDF全文

Amanda Keen‐Zebert  Mark R. Hudson  Stephanie L. Shepherd  Evan A. Thaler 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2017,42(10):1573-1587

How rock resistance or erodibility affects fluvial landforms and processes is an outstanding question in geomorphology that has recently garnered attention owing to the recognition that the erosion rates of bedrock channels largely set the pace of landscape evolution. In this work, we evaluate valley width, terrace distribution, and bedload provenance in terms of reach scale variation in lithology in the study reach and discuss the implications for landscape evolution in a catchment with relatively flat‐lying stratigraphy and very little uplift. A reach of the Buffalo National River in Arkansas was partitioned into lithologic reaches and the mechanical and chemical resistance of the main lithologies making up the catchment was measured. Valley width and the spatial distribution of terraces were compared among the different lithologic reaches. The surface grain size and provenance of coarse (2–90 mm) sediment of both modern gravel bars and older terrace deposits that make up the former bedload were measured and defined. The results demonstrate a strong impact of lithology upon valley width, terrace distribution, and bedload provenance and therefore, upon landscape evolution processes. Channel down‐cutting through different lithologies creates variable patterns of resistance across catchments and continents. Particularly in post‐tectonic and non‐tectonic landscapes, the variation in resistance that arises from the exhumation of different rocks in channel longitudinal profiles can impact local base levels, initiating responses that can be propagated through channel networks. The rate at which that response is transmitted through channels is potentially amplified and/or mitigated by differences between the resistance of channel beds and bedload sediment loads. In the study reach, variation in lithologic resistance influences the prevalence of lateral and vertical processes, thus producing a spatial pattern of terraces that reflects rock type rather than climate, regional base level change, or hydrologic variability. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Climate change and future flows of Rocky Mountain rivers: converging forecasts from empirical trend projection and down‐scaled global circulation modelling     

Anita Shepherd  Karen M. Gill  Stewart B. Rood 《水文研究》2010,24(26):3864-3877

To predict future river flows, empirical trend projection (ETP) analyses and extends historic trends, while hydroclimatic modelling (HCM) incorporates regional downscaling from global circulation model (GCM) outputs. We applied both approaches to the extensively allocated Oldman River Basin that drains the North American Rocky Mountains and provides an international focus for water sharing. For ETP, we analysed monthly discharges from 1912 to 2008 with non‐parametric regression, and extrapolated changes to 2055. For modelling, we refined the physical models MTCLIM and SNOPAC to provide water inputs into RIVRQ (river discharge), a model that assesses the streamflow regime as involving dynamic peaks superimposed on stable baseflow. After parameterization with 1960–1989 data, we assessed climate forecasts from six GCMs: CGCM1‐A, HadCM3, NCAR‐CCM3, ECHAM4 and 5 and GCM2. Modelling reasonably reconstructed monthly hydrographs (R² about 0·7), and averaging over three decades closely reconstructed the monthly pattern (R² = 0·94). When applied to the GCM forecasts, the model predicted that summer flows would decline considerably, while winter and early spring flows would increase, producing a slight decline in the annual discharge (?3%, 2005–2055). The ETP predicted similarly decreased summer flows but slight change in winter flows and greater annual flow reduction (?9%). The partial convergence of the seasonal flow projections increases confidence in a composite analysis and we thus predict further declines in summer (about ? 15%) and annual flows (about ? 5%). This composite projection indicates a more modest change than had been anticipated based on earlier GCM analyses or trend projections that considered only three or four decades. For other river basins, we recommend the utilization of ETP based on the longest available streamflow records, and HCM with multiple GCMs. The degree of correspondence from these two independent approaches would provide a basis for assessing the confidence in projections for future river flows and surface water supplies. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

A hybrid age- and length-structured model for assessing regulatory measures in multiple-species, multiple-fleet fisheries     

Mesnil  B.; Shepherd  J. G. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1990,47(2):115-132

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Upper atmospheric temperatures from Doppler line widths—V. Auroral electron energy spectra and fluxes deduced from the 5577 and 6300 Å atomic oxygen emissions     

H.H. Zwick  G.G. Shepherd 《Planetary and Space Science》1973,21(4):605-621

This is a report upon further data obtained from the auroral OI 5577 Å emission with a Wide Angle Michelson Interferometer (WAMI), and upon our first observations made with it on the 6300 Å emission. The method used for converting emission intensities and temperatures to auroral electron fluxes and energy spectra is described. Data for the 5577 Å emission are presented for the (lack of) heating in auroral forms, vertical temperature profiles in aurora, electron flux and energy spectrum variations in pulsating aurora, and a ‘cold’ subvisual auroral arc. Data from the OI 6300 Å emission are presented for the diurnal variation of exospheric temperature and for the thermalization of $\text{O}\text{(}{}^1\text{D)}$ in the F-region.  相似文献   

Fishing mortality and the variation of catches: a time series approach     

MacLennan  D. N.; Shepherd  J. G.; Pope  J. G.; Gislason  H. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1992,49(4):425-430

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Modelling the timing of plankton production and its effect on recruitment of cod (Gadus morhua)     

Brander  K. M.; Dickson  R. R.; Shepherd  J. G. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2001,58(5):962-966

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On the analysis of catch and effort data   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Laurec  A; Shepherd  J. G. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1983,41(1):81-84

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Variability of rainfall over Lake Kariba catchment area in the Zambezi river basin,Zimbabwe     

Shepherd Muchuru  Joel O. Botai  Christina M. Botai  Willem A. Landman  Abiodun M. Adeola 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2016,124(1-2):325-338

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Aquaculture for the developing countries: by Frederick W. Bell and E. Ray Canterbery Ballinger,Cambridge, Mass, 1977, 267 pp, £13.40, $22.00     

C.J. Shepherd 《Marine Policy》1978,2(3):245-247

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A rocket measurement of thermospheric temperatures derived from molecular rotational intensity distributions in the aurora     

A.J. Deans  G.G. Shepherd 《Planetary and Space Science》1983,31(10):1137-1145

The vertical distribution of thermospheric temperature was measured from molecular rotational intensity distributions, in a rocket flight through the aurora at Fort Churchill, Canada. Both the N₂⁺ (1NEG; 0–1) and O₂ (ATM ; 0-0) bands were used and a stepping mask photometer was employed to locate each filter passband at seven points on each molecular band. The N₂⁺ temperature follows the appropriate Jacchia (1971) model fairly closely at all altitudes but is higher in temperature by about 60 K. The O₂ temperatures follow the model results more closely but one cannot be sure whether the differences between the two sets of measured temperatures are real.  相似文献