Dynamics of suspended sediment load with respect to summer discharge and temperatures in Shaune Garang glacierized catchment, Western Himalaya

Kumar, R.; Kumar, R.; Singh, S.; Singh, A.; Bhardwaj, A.; Kumari, A.; Randhawa, S. S.; Saha, A.

doi:10.1007/s11600-018-0184-4

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Dynamics of suspended sediment load with respect to summer discharge and temperatures in Shaune Garang glacierized catchment, Western Himalaya

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Kumar R. , Kumar R. , Singh S. , Singh A. , Bhardwaj A. , Kumari A. , Randhawa S. S. , Saha A.

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https://www.springer.com/journal/11600

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10.1007/s11600-018-0184-4

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The observed and predicted rise in temperature will have deleterious impact on melting of snow and ice and form of precipitation which is already evident in Indian Himalayan Region. The temperature-dependent entities like discharge and sediment load will also vary with the observed and predicted rise posing environmental, social and economic threat in the region. There is little known about sediment load transport in relation to temperature and discharge in glacierized catchments in Himalaya mainly due to the scarcity of ground-based observation. The present study is an attempt to understand the suspended sediment load and transportation in relation to variation in discharge and temperature in the Shaune Garang catchment. The result shows strong dependence of sediment concentration primarily on discharge (R2 = 0.84) and then on temperature (R2 = 0.79). The catchments with similar geological and climate setting were observed to have comparatively close weathering rate. The sediment load was found to be higher in the catchments in eastern and central part of Indian Himalayan Region in comparison with western part due to dominance of Indian Summer Monsoon leading to high discharge. The annual physical weathering rate in Shaune Garang catchment was found to be 411 t km−2 year−1 which has increased from 327 t km−2 year−1 in around three decades due to rise in temperature causing increase in discharge and proportion of debris-covered glacierized area.

Słowa kluczowe

sediment load temperature Shaune Garang catchment Western Himalayas pro-glacial river discharge

ładunek osadu temperatura zlewnia Shaune Garang Himalaje Zachodnie

Wydawca

Instytut Geofizyki PAN
Springer

Czasopismo

Acta Geophysica

Rocznik

2018

Tom

Vol. 66, no. 5

Strony

1109--1120

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 57 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Kumar R.

Department of Environmental Science Sharda University Greater Noida India

autor

Kumar R.

rajeshkumar9234@gmail.com

Department of Environmental Science Sharda University Greater Noida India

autor

Singh S.

Department of Environmental Science Sharda University Greater Noida India

autor

Singh A.

Department of Environmental Science Sharda University Greater Noida India

autor

Bhardwaj A.

Division of Space Technology, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering Lulea University of Technology Lulea Sweden

autor

Kumari A.

Environmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology Patna University Patna India

autor

Randhawa S. S.

State Council for Science, Technology and Environment Shimla India

autor

Saha A.

Ministry of Earth Science New Delhi India

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