1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
GEO-BIOSPHERICAL INTERACTIONS IN REVEGETATION PROCESSES
| Project/Area Number |
04452073
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
気象・海洋物理・陸水学
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| Research Institution | KYOTO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
OKUNISHI Kazuo DISASTER PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, PROF., 防災研究所, 教授 (30027239)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IWAHASHI Junko GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INST., MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEER, 国土地理院・地理調査部, 技官
SAITO Takashi DISASTER PREVENTION RESEARCH INST., KYOTO UNIV., RES.ASSOCIATE, 防災研究所, 助手 (10225716)
YOSHIOKA Ryuma DISASTER PREVENTION RESEARCH INST., KYOTO UNIV., RES.ASSOCIATE, 防災研究所, 助手 (60027290)
SUWA Hiroshi DISASTER PREVENTION RESEARCH INST., KYOTO UNIV., ASSOC.PROF., 防災研究所, 助教授 (00093253)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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| Keywords | GEO-BIOSPHERIC INTEACTION / VEGETATION / HYROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS / HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGY / SOIL / EROSION / SOIL PHYSICS |
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| Research Abstract |
Field investigations were carried out in theree experimental basins in the drainage basin of River Otani, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, which drains the castern slope of the Hira Mountains. Hydrological analysis of the two major tributaries of River Otani has revealed that the cascade tank model for the mountain basins of northern Lake Biwa area applies well for these tributaries, except for much different parameters for top tank are needed for the tributary in which the humic soil has not well developed after the revegetation works.
Structure of topsoil horizons was investigated in the experimental basin above the erosion front. Throughflow draining these horizons was also observed with recording tensiometers and gauging weirs. Although the rate of chemical weathering does not seem large, slow mechanical weathering has produced a thick topsoil mantle. The flow of water through the topsoil is likely to have dislocated the fine particles to cause local subsidence and to create a particular microtopography.
Badlands at and below the erosion front were investigated with ground photographs and a digital terrain model. Quick denudation and retarded revegetation were found ascribable to the frost and thaw of surface soil. Topographic analysis has revealed that such slopes are commonly found in the steep and little rugged part of the fault scarps.
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Research Products
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