Research Article
Aug 1972
Volume Weight of Reservoir Sediment in Forested Areas
Publication: Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 98, Issue 8
Abstract
Samples for the determination of the volume-weight ratio of deposited sediment were collected from small sediment-retention reservoirs in a number of forested watersheds in Idaho during 1969 and 1970. Volume weights varied considerably among the various watersheds and within a given impoundment. The percentage of organic matter by weight in the samples provided a reliable basis for estimating sediment volume weight, better than the more conventional approach of relating volume weight to sediment particle size. The organic content of sediment can result in a substantial loss of storage volume for reservoirs on forested watersheds and has important ecological implications as well.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 98 • Issue 8 • August 1972
Pages: 1335 - 1342
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© 1972 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Walter F. Megahan
Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, Utah
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