In:
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Copernicus GmbH, Vol. 367 ( 2015-03-03), p. 320-325
Abstract:
Abstract. Formation of mountain ranges results from complex coupling between lithospheric deformation, mechanisms linked to subduction and surface processes: weathering, erosion, and climate. Today, erosion of the eastern Andean cordillera and sub-Andean foothills supplies over 99% of the sediment load passing through the Amazon Basin. Denudation rates in the upper Ucayali basin are rapid, favoured by a marked seasonality in this region and extreme precipitation cells above sedimentary strata, uplifted during Neogene times by a still active sub-Andean tectonic thrust. Around 40% of those sediments are trapped in the Ucayali retro-foreland basin system. Recent advances in remote sensing for Amazonian large rivers now allow us to complete the ground hydrological data. In this work, we propose a first estimation of the erosion and sedimentation budget of the Ucayali River catchment, based on spatial and conventional HYBAM Observatory network.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2199-899X
DOI:
10.5194/piahs-367-320-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Copernicus GmbH
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2827925-6
Bookmarklink
