Workshop on sediment budgets and routing in forested drainage basins: Proceedings

Swanson, Frederick J.; Janda, Richard J.; Dunne, Thomas; Swanston, Douglas N., tech. eds. Workshop onsediment budgets and routing in forested drainage basins: proceedings. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-141. Portland,OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station;1982. 165 p.
Sediment budgets quantify the transport and storage of soil and sediment in drainage basins or smallerlandscape units. Studies of sediment routing deal with the overall movement of soil and sediment througha series of landscape units. The 14 papers and 5 summaries from discussion groups in this volume reportresults of sediment budget and routing studies conducted principally in forested drainage basins. Papersalso deal with sediment routing studies using computer models, physical models, and field observations innonforest environments.
This work emphasizes methods for judging the relative importance of sediment sources within a basin, themany roles of biological factors in sediment transport and storage, and the importance of recognizingchanges of sediment storage within basins when interpreting sediment yield. Sediment budget and routingstudies are important tools for both research scientists and land managers.
Keywords: Sedimentation, watershed management, sediment budget, drainage basins, geomorphology.