Comparative Researches on the Provenances of Suspended Sediments in Different Reaches of Dongtiaoxi and Xitiaoxi Watershed

Abstract:

Dongtiaoxi and Xitiaoxi river are the two main discharge rivers of Taihu Lake. It is important to research the provenances of suspended sediments (SS) and the difference of the provenances. This paper establishes the geochemical model to quantify the proportions of SS sources with geochemical parameters, and then analyzes the contribution differences of the sources to SS in the basins and its reasons. The results show that the contribution of woodland is highest in the upper reaches of both Dongtiaoxi and Xitiaoxi basin, but the contribution of arable land has more differences. Arable land becomes a major contributor to the midstream of Dongtiaoxi and Xitiaoxi basin, while the contributions of woodland and urban land are larger in Dongtiaoxi basin. The SS contribution of urban land is highest in the downstream of Dongtiaoxi and Xitiaoxi basin, while the contribution of arable land is larger in Dongtiaoxi basin. During wet season and dry season, the differences of the sources contribution variations in Dongtiaoxi basin are not obvious, while that in Xitiaoxi basin are significantly obvious, that is the SS contributions of woodland and urban land in wet season are significantly higher than in dry season, while the contributions of arable land and bank sediment are on the contrary.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 937)
• Pages: 597-603
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.937.597
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Zhao Peng Lu, Xu Yin Yuan*, Huan Wang, Hai Long Chen, Wen Wen Xu
• Keywords: Dongtiaoxi, Geochemical Model, Provenances, SS, Xitiaoxi Watershed

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