DEBRIS FLOWS THROUGH DIFFERENT FOREST AGE CLASSES IN THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE1

ABSTRACT: Debris flows in the Pacific Northwest can play a major role in routing sediment and wood stored on hillslopes and in first‐through third‐order channels and delivering it to higher‐order channels. Field surveys following a large regional storm event investigated 53 debris flows in the central Oregon Coast Range to determine relationships among debris flow characteristics and the age class of the surrounding forest. The volume of sediment and wood delivered by debris flows was strongly correlated with runout length. Debris flows that initiated at roads were significantly longer than nonroad related failures, and road related landslides were an order of magnitude larger than nonroad related landslides. Clearcuts and roads tended to have more numerous contributing landslides relative to second growth and mature forests. No statistically significant difference in the average debris flow runout length was detected among the forest age classes, although debris flows initiating in clearcuts and mixed forest and at roads occasionally supported extremely long runout lengths that were outside the range of variability observed in completely forested basins. The size of wood in deposits was not correlated with the size of trees on the adjacent slopes, suggesting that the majority of wood in debris flow deposits was from remobilization of wood previously stored in low order channels.     

An Experimental Burn to Restore a Moth-Killed Boreal Conifer Forest, Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia

Mechanical treatment and prescribed fire were used to restore a mixed conifer stand (Picea-Abies-Pinus) following mortality from an outbreak of Siberian moth (Dendrolimus superans sibiricus). Moth-killed stands often become dominated by Calamagrostis, a sod-forming grass. The large amount of woody debris and the sod hinder coniferous seedling establishment and development as well as creating conditions favorable to the establishment and propagation of wildfires. Fire has been demonstrated to be an effective method of reducing woody debris and eliminating sod, but the random nature and timing of wildfires often do not create conditions favorable for conifer regeneration. Our study was conducted in a mature fir dominated stand that died during an outbreak 6–8 years previously with most of the dead trees still standing. A bulldozer drove through the stand downing standing snags in late summer with 15–20 m between passes. Snags knocked down by the bulldozer and additional snag fall throughout the following winter increased downed dead wood 50–60% and large downed dead wood 80% compared to an adjacent untreated area. In June, a prescribed fire was set and fuel load consumption averaged 70%. Average soil temperatures during the burn ranged from 47 ^∘C at a depth of 2 cm to 10 ^∘C at 10 cm; hot enough to kill the grass. Following treatment, the potential for wildfire was reduced and the area was suitable for either natural conifer regeneration or planting without further mechanical site preparation.     

TRANSPORT OF ROAD-SURFACE SEDIMENT THROUGH EPHEMERAL STREAM CHANNELS1

ABSTRACT: Since the majority of road drainage points in western Washington and Oregon enter small, often ephemeral streams rather than large, fish-bearing waters, impact of road-surface sediment on biota in permanent streams depends, to a large extent, on transport through these small watercourses. A series of experimental additions of road-surface sediment was made to two ephemeral streams to examine the downstream transport of this material as a function of discharge and channel characteristics. These small streams were found to store large amounts of sediment washed from road surface. In no instance did either stream transport more than 45 percent of the added material to their mouths, distances of 95 and 125 m. Larger-sized sediment particles were delivered at a lower rate than finer material. Added sediment <0.063 mm in size was transported efficiently through the systems at all but the lowest flows tested. Material between 0.5 and 0.063 mm and from 2.0 to 0.5 mm in size were retained at progressively higher rates, with sediment in the coarser size category never exceeding a delivery of 10 percent of the added material. There were significant differences in the transport of sediment in the two larger size categories between the two streams. These differences were due to a much greater amount of woody debris in the stream with the lower delivery rates, which acted to trap and hold sediment, as well as a slightly longer and less steep channel.     

青藏高原铁路沿线泥石流灾害预警技术及行车安全保障措施

分析了青藏高原泥石流类型及其在高原分布情况,目前正在建设的青藏线和规划中的其他高原铁路都面临泥石流的威胁,研究高原铁路沿线泥石流预警技术具有必要性和实用价值。笔者利用模糊神经网络方法建立了判定泥石流灾害发生可能性的预警模型。根据预警结果,将泥石流威胁条件下的行车安全保障作业分为预报、预警和警报3个阶段,并制定了不同阶段的行车安全保障措施。     

四川九寨沟县关庙沟泥石流及其防治对策

关庙沟为嘉陵江上游支流白水江右岸的一条支沟,位于四川九寨沟县城区,曾多次发生过严重的泥石流灾害,直接威胁县城和九寨沟旅游环线公路的安全。该沟泥石流具有容重大(2.20t/m~3)、搬运固体物质粒径粗、固体物质以沟岸滑坡和沟床堆积物补给为主等特征。本文分析了该沟泥石流的形成、流体性质、类型等基本特征,预测灾害的发展趋势,提出泥石流减灾防灾对策。     

粘性泥石流体应力本构关系的试验研究

为了能直接测定含有粗颗粒砾石的粘性泥石流体原样的流变特性，专门研制了大型泥石流流变仪，利用该仪器测试的结果分析研究了粘性泥石流体的应力本构关系。分析研究表明：粘性泥石流体在低速率区启动初始段，颗粒间的作用以接触挤压和滑动摩擦为主，其应力本构关系可用剪切稀化的幂定理方程来描述；在剪切速率区流动剪切段的应力本构关系，包含滑动摩擦作用的零次项和反映惯性碰撞的平方项，具有屈服应力和剪切膨胀的流变特征。     

尾矿库溃坝泥石流相似模拟试验台设计及验证

泥石流是一种极具破坏力的地质灾害类型,而尾矿库溃坝形成的泥石流除产生巨大破坏力外,还会造成严重的环境污染问题,为了分析其流态演进过程设计了泥石流相似模型试验台。本尾矿库溃坝泥石流相似模拟试验台采用全透明技术以观察泥石流的流态演进过程,同时在传感器对应位置外侧固定量尺,以记录泥石流流动过程中泥深的动（泥石流淹没高程）静（泥石流结束后滞留泥浆高度）态变化。与现有技术相比具有5大优点,主要体现在弯度调节、坡度调节及闸门装置3大系统,并通过相似模型试验与前人研究成果对比,验证了此试验台的可行性,对完善矿山泥石流流体力学理论及矿山泥石流防灾减灾工作具有重要的科学价值及意义。     

典型暴雨泥石流堆积扇危害范围演变规律

以小江流域蒋家沟、大白泥沟为研究区,利用1987~2014年陆地卫星影像数据,采用面向对象自动解译和人工目视解译相结合的方法,生成两条泥石流沟不同时期堆积扇危害范围数据集产品;结合地形资料,分析不同发育期泥石流堆积扇危害范围变化情况及其影响因素。分析表明:(1)1987~2014年,蒋家沟、大白泥沟泥石流堆积扇危害面积出现退缩趋势。(2)处于壮年期的大白泥沟流域堆积扇退缩幅度小,处于老年期的蒋家沟泥石流堆积扇退缩幅度大,且已趋于稳定。(3)水源、物源和人类活动是蒋家沟、大白泥沟堆积扇危害范围变化的主要影响因素。     

汶川地震灾区坡面和沟谷泥石流冲出距离计算方法

坡面型和沟谷型泥石流是2种不同的泥石流,不能用单一模型来计算它们的冲出距离。经分类研究,发现它们冲出距离的主影响因子有很大不同:对于沟谷型泥石流,主要是沟道内的松散物质储量;而对于坡面型泥石流,主要是坡面松散体的高度以及体积。2种泥石流的冲出角分布也存在很大差别:研究区沟谷型泥石流的冲出角在29.6°～82.9°之间,表现出"高量级、高冲出角"的特征;坡面型泥石流的冲出角在25°～47°之间,且大部分的冲出角在30°左右,表现出"低量级、低冲出角"的特征。在此分析的基础上,用回归分析方法建立了汶川地震灾区2种不同类型泥石流冲出距离的计算方法。最后,将经验计算方法用陈家坝文家坪坡面泥石流和红椿沟泥石流进行验证,与实际值较为吻合。     

应用人工阶梯 深潭系统治理泥石流沟的尝试

泥石流的主要破坏性在于其能量巨大,输送大量物质造成生命财产损失,消耗泥石流的起动及运动能量能防止泥石流发生或使泥石流的破坏性大大降低,为泥石流治理提供了新的思路。通过在甘肃西汉水流域的泥石流支沟拦山沟进行人工阶梯 深潭系统试验,2009~2010年汛期观测发现阶梯 深潭系统能增强沟道阻力,抬高侵蚀基准面,从而控制侵蚀下切,且多级的阶梯 深潭系统通过跌水和水跃能有效消散水流能量,在一定程度上抑制了泥石流的起动和加速,使得泥石流在阶梯上游停留堆积,淤满的阶梯在河床纵剖面仍能保持阶梯形态,起到增强阻力消能的作用,减小了拦山沟泥石流对下游的破坏。消能结构对大坡度山区河流起重要作用,不论是人工消能结构还是自然消能结构,都能起到增阻消能的作用,对山区河流治理起到积极的作用