ヒマラヤの砂利流の摩擦設定制限
Elizabeth H Dingle1, Mikaël Attal1, Hugh D Sinclair1
1School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK.
Nature
|April 28, 2017
まとめ
ヒマラヤの川は輸送中に砂岩を急速に侵食します これは地震による堆積物パルスが 砂ではなく砂を増加させ 洪水のリスクを変化させることを示唆しています
科学分野:
- 地形学
- 流域地形学
- 堆積物学
背景:
- ヒマラヤの川は 大量の沈殿物を運ぶ.
- 粗い砂岩は,ガンガの平原に入ると急速に消失します.
- 地震や嵐による堆積物への 川の反応を予測するには 砂石の運命を理解することが重要です
研究 の 目的:
- ヒマラヤ川の砂岩が ガンガ平原に運ばれた時の運命を調査するためです
- 沈殿物が河川の流れと 洪水のリスクをどのように影響するか理解するためです
- 扇風機の幾何学,堆積物粒子の大きさ,そしてガンガ流域の石質を分析する.
主な方法:
- 扇風機の幾何学分析
- 沈殿物の粒子の大きさ分析
- ガンガ流域の沈殿物の石化分析
主要な成果:
- ヒマラヤ中央部を排水する川からの砂岩の流れも同様です.
- 河川輸送中の砂石の磨きは,100km以内の砂石をほとんど砂に変換します.
- アップストリームに由来する砂の大部分は,ガンガ平原に到達する前に砂に変換されます.
結論:
- 大ヒマラヤからの地震誘発の堆積物パルスは,山のフロントで重要な砂岩の積層を引き起こす可能性は低い.
- 沈殿物の流入により砂の流れが増加すると予想されます.
- 砂の流れが増加したため,ガンガの平原では,荒廃と洪水のリスクが予想されます.
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