Cuerpos de arena tamizada desarrollados en un contexto aluvial durante el episodio de la DANA del 29 de octubre de 2024 en la Rambla Castellarda (Llíria, València)
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La Rambla Castellarda es un cauce encajado que contiene un sistema aluvial activo cuya funcionalidad como medio de transporte y sedimentación está asociada principalmente a las lluvias estacionales producidas por episodios de Depresiones Aisladas en Niveles Altos (DANA). En distintos puntos de los últimos 10 kilómetros del curso de la rambla existen pequeñas depresiones que ocupan antiguas graveras en las que se encharca el agua durante las avenidas y actúan como trampas sedimentarias. En ellas se desarrollan abanicos aluviales de cantos y grava. Estos abanicos no presentan arena en superficie ya que esta constituye la mayor parte de la matriz del depósito infiltrada por procesos de tamiz. Durante la DANA del 29 de octubre de 2024 se desarrolló en la parte distal de estos abanicos una orla de arena formada por un conjunto de pequeños cuerpos de arena tamizada. Están formados por arena fina y muy fina, y se hallan en relación con el descenso del nivel del agua en la zona de encharcamiento. Su origen se atribuye al tamizado de la fracción más fina de la matriz durante el drenaje de un acuífero temporal emplazado en las gravas de los abanicos aluviales.
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The Rambla Castellarda is an incised channel that contains an active alluvial system whose functionality as a means of transport and sedimentation is mainly associated with seasonal rainfall produced by cold drop episodes (DANA). At various points in the last 10 kilometers of the rambla there are several abandoned gravel pits that act as sediment traps temporarily retaining flood waters. In these areas, small alluvial fans of gravel and pebbles develop. These fans do not have sand on the surface but rather sand constitutes the bulk of the matrix that has been infiltrated by sieve processes. During the cold drop (DANA) of October 29, 2024 a sand strip developed in the distal part of these fans formed by a set of small bodies located at the foot of the distal gravel sieve lobes. These bodies are formed by fine and very fine sand, and are in relation to the decrease in the water level in the flood zone. Its origin is in the sieving of the finest fraction of the matrix of alluvial deposits during the drainage of a temporary aquifer located in the gravel of the alluvial fans.
The Rambla Castellarda is an incised channel that contains an active alluvial system whose functionality as a means of transport and sedimentation is mainly associated with seasonal rainfall produced by cold drop episodes (DANA). At various points in the last 10 kilometers of the rambla there are several abandoned gravel pits that act as sediment traps temporarily retaining flood waters. In these areas, small alluvial fans of gravel and pebbles develop. These fans do not have sand on the surface but rather sand constitutes the bulk of the matrix that has been infiltrated by sieve processes. During the cold drop (DANA) of October 29, 2024 a sand strip developed in the distal part of these fans formed by a set of small bodies located at the foot of the distal gravel sieve lobes. These bodies are formed by fine and very fine sand, and are in relation to the decrease in the water level in the flood zone. Its origin is in the sieving of the finest fraction of the matrix of alluvial deposits during the drainage of a temporary aquifer located in the gravel of the alluvial fans.







