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Influence of Land Use Change in the Forest Catchment on Sediment Accumulation at the Outlets of Rivers: Results of a Study in Kushiro Mire, Northern Japan

산림유역 개발이 하천 출구의 토사 퇴적에 미치는 영향: 일본 쿠시로습지의 연구결과

  • Received : 2009.09.02
  • Accepted : 2009.09.22
  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of land use change in the forest catchment on sedimentation rate at the outlets of rivers in Kushiro Mire that have been impacted by forest clearing, agricultural activity and river regulation. We analysed Caesium-137(Cs-137) concentration in sediment cores, and we estimated sedimentation rates and Cs-137 inventories over the last 50 years. Cs-137 from atomic bomb testing first entered the environment in 1954 which provides easily identifiable chronological markers in the sediment. Because Cs-137 is strongly absorbed into sediment particles, its redistribution occurs in association with sedimentary particles. Since the 1950s, the forest catchment areas draining into the mire have been developed intensively from forest areas to agricultural lands. The sediment accumulations at the outlets of rivers after 1954 ranged from 36 to 148 cm. The Cs-137 inventory is significantly greater than the reference sites which reflected natural accumulation conditions because sediment containing Cs-137 was carried from catchments into the outlets of the rivers. In addition, the Cs-137 inventory was correlated with the sedimentation rate. However, the Cs-137 inventories in Kuchoro and Kushiro river profiles were slowly increased with the sedimentation rates. This is because the sediment originating from scoured areas such as streambeds and banks contains a low level of Cs-137 concentration.

본 연구는 산림유역 개발이 하천 출구의 토사 퇴적에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위해 토사 퇴적물에 함유된 세슘 농도를 분석하여 세슘총량과 토사 퇴적속도를 계산하였다. 세슘은 1954년 핵실험에 의해 최초 방출되었고, 토사의 입자에 흡착되어 퇴적하기 때문에 토사 퇴적물의 연대측정으로 이용되고 있다. 쿠시로습지유역의 대규모 산림은 1950년대 이후 농지로 개발되었고, 1954년 이후 하천 출구에서는 36~148 cm의 부유토사가 퇴적되었다. 세슘을 함유한 토사는 유역으로부터 유출되어 하천 출구에 퇴적하므로 하천 출구에서 세슘총량은 대조구보다 높은 값을 나타내었다. 또한 세슘총량은 토사 퇴적속도가 증가할수록 증가하였지만, 쿠쪼로강과 쿠시로강의 출구에서 세슘총량은 완만하게 증가하였다. 왜냐하면 쿠쪼로강과 쿠시로강에서 유로침식으로 발생한 토사는 세슘을 거의 포함하고 있지 않기 때문에 이들 하천 출구에서 토사퇴적은 증가하고 있었지만 세슘총량은 크게 증가하지 않았다.

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