Pacific Southwest

Title: Subsurface pipeflow dynamics of north-coastal California swale systems

Author: "Ziemer, Robert R.; Albright, Jeffrey S."

Date: 1987

Source: "In: R. Beschta, T. Blinn, G. E. Grant, F. J. Swanson, and G. G. Ice (ed.), Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim (Proceedings of the Corvallis Symposium, August, 1987). International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication No. 165. Wallingford, UK; 71-80."

Description: "Abstract - Pipeflow dynamics are being studied at Caspar Creek Experimental Watershed in north-coastal California near Ft. Bragg. Pipes have been observed at depths to 2 m within trenched swales and at the heads of gullied channels in small (0.8 to 2 ha) headwater drainages. Digital data loggers connected to pressure transducers monitor discharge using calibrated standpipes. During storms, pipeflow up to 8 l s-1 has been measured, while, within the same swales, no surface channel flow occurred. Pipeflow discharge has been correlated with antecedent precipitation."

Keywords: "PSW4351, Caspar Creek, pipeflow, swales, subsurface erosion, precipitation"

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"Ziemer, Robert R.; Albright, Jeffrey S."  1987.  Subsurface pipeflow dynamics of north-coastal California swale systems.   "In: R. Beschta, T. Blinn, G. E. Grant, F. J. Swanson, and G. G. Ice (ed.), Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim (Proceedings of the Corvallis Symposium, August, 1987). International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication No. 165. Wallingford, UK; 71-80.".