Soil erosion and sediment dynamics in the Anthropocene: a review of human impacts during a period of rapid global environmental change

PN Owens - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Humanity has been modifying the planet in a measurable way for thousands of
years. Recently, this influence has been such that some feel we are in a new geological …

[HTML][HTML] Sediment source fingerprinting as an aid to catchment management: a review of the current state of knowledge and a methodological decision-tree for end …

AL Collins, S Pulley, IDL Foster, A Gellis, P Porto… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The growing awareness of the environmental significance of fine-grained sediment fluxes
through catchment systems continues to underscore the need for reliable information on the …

Fingerprinting and tracing the sources of soils and sediments: Earth and ocean science, geoarchaeological, forensic, and human health applications

PN Owens, WH Blake, L Gaspar, D Gateuille… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fine-grained sediment is perhaps the most widespread and pervasive contaminant in
aquatic systems reflecting its role in influencing the quality of the water (eg, turbidity, vector …

The behavioural characteristics of sediment properties and their implications for sediment fingerprinting as an approach for identifying sediment sources in river basins

AJ Koiter, PN Owens, EL Petticrew, DA Lobb - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Sediment fingerprinting is a technique that is increasingly being used to improve the
understanding of sediment dynamics within river basins. At present, one of the main …

Tracing suspended sediment sources in catchments and river systems

DE Walling - Science of the total environment, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen a growing awareness of the wider environmental significance of the
suspended sediment loads transported by rivers and streams. This includes the importance …

The evolution of sediment source fingerprinting investigations in fluvial systems

DE Walling - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2013 - Springer
Purpose This contribution reviews the evolution of sediment source fingerprinting
investigations since the beginning of such studies in the mid-1970s. Attention is directed to …

Fallout 210Pb as a soil and sediment tracer in catchment sediment budget investigations: A review

L Mabit, M Benmansour, JM Abril, DE Walling… - Earth-science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasing anthropogenic pressures coupled with climate change impacts on natural
resources have promoted a quest for innovative tracing techniques for understanding soil …

Selecting fingerprint properties for discriminating potential suspended sediment sources in river basins

AL Collins, DE Walling - Journal of hydrology, 2002 - Elsevier
The absence of guidelines for pre-selecting the most effective combination of properties for
inclusion in a composite fingerprint represents a key methodological uncertainty hampering …

Documenting catchment suspended sediment sources: problems, approaches and prospects

AL Collins, DE Walling - Progress in Physical Geography, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Establishing catchment suspended sediment sources is fraught with difficulty. Data
collection comprises indirect and direct approaches and an overview is provided. The …

Storage of sediment-associated nutrients and contaminants in river channel and floodplain systems

DE Walling, PN Owens, J Carter, GJL Leeks… - Applied …, 2003 - Elsevier
Samples of fine-grained channel bed sediment and overbank floodplain deposits were
collected along the main channels of the Rivers Aire (and its main tributary, the River …