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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Increasing anthropogenic pressures coupled with climate change impacts on natural
resources have promoted a quest for innovative tracing techniques for understanding soil …

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 …

Establishing catchment suspended sediment sources is fraught with difficulty. Data
collection comprises indirect and direct approaches and an overview is provided. The …

As the result of current and historical metal mining, river channels and floodplains in many
parts of the world have become contaminated by metal-rich waste in concentrations that may …