From the Proceedings of the 1976 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 29-May 1, 1976, Tucson, Arizona / The geomorphic threshold concept of landform evolution and its effect on hydrologic performance of drainage systems was investigated on small semiarid watersheds in Southeastern Arizona. Thresholds develop within a geomorphic system with time and can, when exceeded, cause drastic changes in the geomorphic features and in the hydrologic performance of the watershed. The slow continuous evolution of drainage characteristics can be suddenly altered with major readjustment of the landscape taking place. A new state of dynamic equilibrium will then prevail until the drainage system is again subjected to conditions which cause some geomorphic threshold to be exceeded. Areas of potential geomorphic readjustment can be identified from parameters such as channel slope, average land surface slope, drainage density, and mean length of first order streams and these data can be used as components in a calibrated kinematic-cascade model to determine the effects of various degrees of drainage system alteration. The influence on runoff from exceeding various geomorphic thresholds is tested and the resulting hydrologic modifications are simulated and discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/300973 |
| Date | 01 May 1976 |
| Creators | Wallace, D. E., Lane, L. J. |
| Contributors | Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, Arizona 85705 |
| Publisher | Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright ©, where appropriate, is held by the author. |
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