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Hydrology and water resources

Nigel W. Arnell, C. Liv

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An attempt is made to infer changes to the rate of movement to rivers and reservoirs of sediment eroded from hillslopes and tributary streams under the climatic conditions that might prevail on a warmer Earth. Numerical simulations of future conditions are not possible because an adequate model of the sediment delivery system is not available. Inferences are therefore based upon analogues from the past as well as a simple manipulation of hillslope erosion rates. There is a slightly more direct relationship between climate and wind erosion thereby allowing firmer conclusions about the future.

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An attempt is made to infer changes to the rate of movement to rivers and reservoirs of sediment eroded from hillslopes and tributary streams under the climatic conditions that might prevail on a warmer Earth. Numerical simulations of future conditions are not possible because an adequate model of the sediment delivery system is not available. Inferences are therefore based upon analogues from the past as well as a simple manipulation of hillslope erosion rates. There is a slightly more direct relationship between climate and wind erosion thereby allowing firmer conclusions about the future.

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An attempt is made to infer changes to the rate of movement to rivers and reservoirs of sediment eroded from hillslopes and tributary streams under the climatic conditions that might prevail on a warmer Earth. Numerical simulations of future conditions are not possible because an adequate model of the sediment delivery system is not available. Inferences are therefore based upon analogues from the past as well as a simple manipulation of hillslope erosion rates. There is a slightly more direct relationship between climate and wind erosion thereby allowing firmer conclusions about the future.

Key concepts: Hydrology (agriculture), Environmental science, Water resource management, Geology, Geotechnical engineering

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