Modelling the initial structure dynamics of soil and sediment exemplified for a constructed hydrological catchment
- Knowledge about spatial heterogeneity is of essential for the analysis of the hydrological catchment behavior. Heterogeneity is directly related to the distribution of the solid phase, and in initial hydrological systems, the solid phase is mainly composed of mineral particles. In artificial catchments, such sediment structures relate to the applied construction technology. It is supposed that the development of catchment ecosystems is strongly influenced by such specific initial spatial distributions of the solid phase. Moreover, during the initial development period, the primary structures in a catchment are altered rapidly by translocation processes, thereby subdividing the initial system in different compartments. Questions are: How does initial sediment distribution affect further structural development? How is catchment hydrology influenced by the initial structural development? What structures have a relevant impact on catchment-scale hydrological behavior?
Author: | Thomas Maurer, Anna SchneiderORCiDGND, Horst H. Gerke |
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URL: | http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/EGU2014-12462-1.pdf |
Title of the source (English): | European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May 2014 |
Publisher: | European Geophysical Society |
Place of publication: | Katlenburg-Lindau |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2014 |
Comment: | EGU2014-12462-1 |
Series ; volume number: | Geophysical Research Abstracts ; 16 |
Faculty/Chair: | Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Geopedologie und Landschaftsentwicklung |
Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Hydrologie | |
Institution name at the time of publication: | Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik (eBTU) / LS Hydrologie und Wasserressourcenbewirtschaftung |
Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik (eBTU) / LS Geopedologie und Landschaftsentwicklung |