RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE YANGTZE BASIN >> 2017, Vol. 26 >> Issue (05): 755-764.doi: 10.11870/cjlyzyyhj201705013

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RECONSTRUCTION OF LONG-TERM PALEO-HYDROLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE WEST XUNYANG REACH ON THE UPPER HANJIANG RIVER BASED ON HEC-RAS MODEL

ZHANG Yu-zhu1,2, HUANG Chun-chang3, PANG Jiang-li3, ZHA Xiao-chun3, ZHOU Ya-li3, SHI Bin-nan3, LI Xiao-gang4   

  1. 1. College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China;
    2. Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China;
    3. College of Tourism and Environmental Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China;
    4. Department of Geography, Shangluo University, Shangluo 726000, China
  • Received:2016-10-11 Revised:2016-12-28 Online:2017-05-20
  • Supported by:
    National Nature Science Foundation of China, (41471071);China's Post-doctoral Science Fund, (2016M592829);Program for Key Science and Technology Innovation Team in Shaanxi Province, (2014KCT-27)

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Abstract: Palaeoflood hydrological studies were carried out in the upper reaches of the Hanjiang River valley. Four bedsets of palaeoflood slackwater deposit (SWD) was found in the eolian loess-soil profile at the LJT site at the riverbank near the Luojiatan Village in the Xunyang County. After detailed field observations, a series of sedimentary samples were taken from the profile. Grain-size distribution and magnetic susceptibility were analyzed in the laboratory. The results showed that these SWD consist of sandy silt, originated from the suspended sediment load of the palaeo-floodwater. Each bedset of the SWD represented one group of palaeoflood event. According to the OSL dating in combination with the archaeological dating and pedo-stratigraphic correlations, these palaeoflood events occurred during 8 500-8 400 a B.P. (SWD1), 4 200-4 000 a B.P. (SWD2), 3 200-2 800 a B.P. (SWD3), and 1 800-1 700 a B.P. (SWD4), respectively. The palaeoflood peak discharges were calculated by using hydrological models. They were estimated to be between 26 500 and 46 800 m3/s. Improvement of the frequency curve estimation was made by the use of gauged flood data from 1935 to 2010; historical floods of 1583, 1867, and 1921 at the Ankang hydrological station; and Holocene palaeoflood discharges. These results have the archives of flood data extended to a time-scale of 10 000 years in the Ankang-Xunyang reach in the upper reaches of the Hanjiang River. Thus, the data generated from palaeoflood hydrology allowed us to refine the flood frequency-peak discharge curves and potentially increase its accuracy. From the frequency plot, we conclude that the flood discharge was 46 900 m3/s, with a return period of ten thousand years; 37 800 m3/s with a return period of one thousand years; and 28 900 m3/s with a return period of one hundred years, respectively. These results are of great significance for mitigating flood disasters and hydraulic engineering. These results are also very important for water conservancy construction and flood hazard mitigation.

Key words: Hanjiang River, Holocene, palaeoflood, slackwater deposit, HEC-RAS model

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  • P539.6
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