Freeze-thaw processes can influence hydrology,soil erosion,and morphological development by altering the connectivity between active pathways of water and sediment transport.Concentrated flow experi-ments were conduct...Freeze-thaw processes can influence hydrology,soil erosion,and morphological development by altering the connectivity between active pathways of water and sediment transport.Concentrated flow experi-ments were conducted involving frozen,shallow thawed,and unfrozen soil slopes under 1,2,and 4 L/min runoff rates at a temperature of approximately 5℃.In this study,hydrological connectivity was analysed via the simplified hydrological curve and relative surface connection function.Sediment con-nectivity was analysed via the sediment structure connectivity and sediment functional connectivity.Results indicated that hydrological connectivity was greatest on frozen slopes(FS),followed by shallow thawed slopes(STS),and unfrozen slopes(UFS)given a constant flow rate.Hydrological connectivity increased with increasing runoff rate for each freeze-thaw condition.Freezing condition and runoff rate exhibited a positive response to the hydrological connectivity.Sediment structure connectivity increased with increasing runoff rate for each slope condition.The ordering of sediment structure connectivity across freeze-thaw condition was that FS was greater than STS while STS was greater than UFS inde-pendent of flow rate.Sediment functional connectivity included longitudinal,lateral,and vertical con-nectivity components.Sediment longitudinal and vertical connectivity indicated a trend of first increasing and then decreasing under the different runoff rates and freeze-thaw conditions.For a given runoff rate,the ordering of sediment longitudinal and vertical connectivity across freeze-thaw condition was that FS was greater than STS while STS was greater than UFS.Sediment lateral connectivity exhibited a trend of first decreasing and then stabilizing.The ordering of sediment lateral connectivity across freeze-thaw condition was that UFS was greater than STS while STS was greater than FS.FS could more easily reach longitudinal and vertical penetration.Sediment longitudinal and vertical connectivity rates demonstrated increasing trends with increasing runoff rate after runoff generation stabilization and gradually approached unity.This research further improves our understanding of the hydrological and erosional mechanisms of meltwater and the generation of flooding in frozen soil conditions.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFF1300801)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52009104,U2040208,42107087)+3 种基金the Sin0-German Mobility Programme(No.M-0427)the Shaanxi Province Innovation Talent Promotion Plan Project Technology Innovation Team(No.2020TD-023)the Natural Science Foundations of Shaanxi Province(No.2022JQ-509)Shaanxi Province Water Conservancy Science and Technology Project(2022slkj-04).
文摘Freeze-thaw processes can influence hydrology,soil erosion,and morphological development by altering the connectivity between active pathways of water and sediment transport.Concentrated flow experi-ments were conducted involving frozen,shallow thawed,and unfrozen soil slopes under 1,2,and 4 L/min runoff rates at a temperature of approximately 5℃.In this study,hydrological connectivity was analysed via the simplified hydrological curve and relative surface connection function.Sediment con-nectivity was analysed via the sediment structure connectivity and sediment functional connectivity.Results indicated that hydrological connectivity was greatest on frozen slopes(FS),followed by shallow thawed slopes(STS),and unfrozen slopes(UFS)given a constant flow rate.Hydrological connectivity increased with increasing runoff rate for each freeze-thaw condition.Freezing condition and runoff rate exhibited a positive response to the hydrological connectivity.Sediment structure connectivity increased with increasing runoff rate for each slope condition.The ordering of sediment structure connectivity across freeze-thaw condition was that FS was greater than STS while STS was greater than UFS inde-pendent of flow rate.Sediment functional connectivity included longitudinal,lateral,and vertical con-nectivity components.Sediment longitudinal and vertical connectivity indicated a trend of first increasing and then decreasing under the different runoff rates and freeze-thaw conditions.For a given runoff rate,the ordering of sediment longitudinal and vertical connectivity across freeze-thaw condition was that FS was greater than STS while STS was greater than UFS.Sediment lateral connectivity exhibited a trend of first decreasing and then stabilizing.The ordering of sediment lateral connectivity across freeze-thaw condition was that UFS was greater than STS while STS was greater than FS.FS could more easily reach longitudinal and vertical penetration.Sediment longitudinal and vertical connectivity rates demonstrated increasing trends with increasing runoff rate after runoff generation stabilization and gradually approached unity.This research further improves our understanding of the hydrological and erosional mechanisms of meltwater and the generation of flooding in frozen soil conditions.
