Observations were made on sedimentation in Katsurazawa Reservoir in Oct., 1974, and in May and Aug., 1975. The results are represented as follows :
(1) Sediment deposits in the reservoir consist of more than 90 per cent of silt and clay in weight.
(2) The sediments, as a whole, have a tendency to gradually decrease in grain size from upstream to downstream, but deposited materials obtained at the two of all the dredging points, on the contrary, are more coarse-textured than ones on the upstream bed.
(3) Density currents passing through the reservoir were observed in May and Aug., 1975, which correspond to the periods of spring thaw and torrential floods, respectively.
In order to explain the above result (2), the writer modeled Turbidity Currents which may be a major contribution to reservoir sedimentation, and applied it to Katsurazawa Reservoir. The results analyzed with the Turbidity Currents are shown as grain-size-distributions of the sediments in the reservoir. The conclusions reached can be summarized as follows :
(4) Sediments from one dredging point are on the whole coarse-grained compared with ones on the upstream bed. The reason is principally because the flow section of Turbidity Currents increases with the beds widening from upstream towards the dredging point.
(5) A great volume of sediment is deposited at the upstream reach of the reservoir through the Turbidity Currents, which can occur for the period of spring thaw; but afterwards the sediments are transported and settle far downstream with river induced resedimentation which results from the subsequent decline of water level and the torrential runoffs at the period of lower water level.
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