scholarly journals Total nitrogen and suspended-sediment loads and identification of suspended-sediment sources in the Laurel Hill Creek watershed, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, water years 2010-11

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald A. Sloto ◽  
Allen C. Gellis ◽  
Daniel G. Galeone
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Sediment Sources ◽  
Somerset County ◽  
Sediment Loads ◽  
Creek Watershed

scholarly journals Sediment sources in the Upper Severn catchment: a fingerprinting approach

1997 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Collins ◽  
D. E. Walling ◽  
G. J. L. Leeks
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
Base Cation ◽  
Mixing Model ◽  
Sediment Provenance ◽  
Sediment Sources ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
Model Composite ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Sediment Loads

Abstract. Suspended sediment sources in the Upper Severn catchment are quantified using a composite fingerprinting technique combining statistically-verified signatures with a multivariate mixing model. Composite fingerprints are developed from a suite of diagnostic properties comprising trace metal (Fe, Mn, AI), heavy metal (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, Co, Ni), base cation (Na, Mg, Ca, K), organic (C, N), radiometric (137Cs, 210Pb), and other (total P) determinands. A numerical mixing model, to compare the fingerprints of contemporary catchment source materials with those of fluvial suspended sediment in transit and those of recent overbank floodplain deposits, provides a means of quantifying present and past sediment sources respectively. Sources are classified in terms of eroding surface soils under different land uses and channel banks. Eroding surface soils are the most important source of the contemporary suspended sediment loads sampled at the Institute of Hydrology flow gauging stations at Plynlimon and at Abermule. The erosion of forest soils, associated with the autumn and winter commercial activities of the Forestry Commission, is particularly evident. Reconstruction of sediment provenance over the recent past using a sediment core from the active river floodpiain at Abermule, in conjunction with a 137Cs chronology, demonstrates the significance of recent phases of afforestation and deforestation for accelerated catchment soil erosion.

scholarly journals Analyses of suspended sediment loads in Slovenian rivers

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1094-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nejc Bezak ◽  
Mojca Šraj ◽  
Matjaž Mikoš
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
Sediment Loads

Suspended sediment sources and transport distances in the Yellowstone River basin

2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Whiting ◽  
Gerald Matisoff ◽  
William Fornes ◽  
Frederick M. Soster
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Sediment Sources ◽  
Yellowstone River

scholarly journals Curvas-chave de descargas de sedimentos em suspensão no Baixo São Francisco

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solange Cavalcanti de Melo ◽  
José Coelho de Araújo Filho ◽  
Renata Maria Caminha Mendes de Oliveira Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
Suspended Sediment Concentration ◽  
Suspended Sediments ◽  
Sediment Concentration ◽  
Gradual Reduction ◽  
Sao Francisco River ◽  
Sediment Loads ◽  
São Francisco River ◽  
Historical Series ◽  
Suspended Sediment Concentrations

RESUMOO conhecimento da análise quantitativa das concentrações de sedimentos em suspensão transportados pelo rio São Francisco bem como sua relação com as vazões é de muita importância, pois pode auxiliar na identificação dos efeitos da intervenção humana e ou ocasionados pelas condições naturais da região. As regiões a jusante dos barramentos no rio São Francisco apresentam como principal consequência a regularização das vazões e a diminuição das concentrações de sedimentos. O objetivo da pesquisa foi determinar as curvas-chave de sedimentos em suspensão (CCS) nas estações fluviométricas instaladas no Baixo São Francisco (BSF) após a barragem de Xingó. Para o estabelecimento dessas curvas foram utilizados dados de vazão e concentração de sedimentos em suspensão, obtidos do sistema Hidroweb no site da Agência Nacional da Água (ANA) no período de 1999 a 2018. Foram obtidas CCS para todo o trecho do BSF as quais apresentaram bons coeficientes de determinação. Na análise dos dados também foi possível perceber que nos últimos anos, desde 2013 houve redução gradativa das vazões disponibilizadas na barragem de Xingó. Consequentemente, houve também a redução gradativa das cargas de sedimentos em suspensão geradas nas estações de Piranhas, Traipu e Propriá, ou seja, os menores valores já registrados no BSF correspondendo as menores séries históricas tanto de vazão como de sedimentos em suspensão.  Keys curves of sediment discharges in suspension in the Lower São Francisco A B S T R A C TThe knowledge of the quantitative analysis of suspended sediment concentrations carried by the São Francisco River as well as its relation with the flows is of great importance, since it can help in the identification of the effects of human intervention and/or caused by the natural conditions of the region. In the downstream regions of the São Francisco riverbanks, the main consequence was the regularization of flow rates and the reduction of sediment concentrations. The objective of the research was to determine the key curves of suspended sediments (CCS) at the fluviometric stations installed in the lower São Francisco river after Xingó dam. For the evaluation, flow data and suspended sediment concentration were used. These data were obtained from the Hidroweb system on the website of the National Water Agency (ANA) from 1999 to 2018. CCS were plotted for all stretches and presented good coefficients of determination (R2). Based on the analysis of the data it was also possible to notice that in recent years, since 2013 there has been a gradual reduction of the flows available in the Xingó dam. Consequently, there was also a gradual reduction of suspended sediment loads generated at the Piranhas, Traipu and Propriá stations, that is, the lowest values already recorded in lower São Francisco, corresponding to the lower historical series of both discharge and suspended sediments.Keywords: dam, flow, sediments 

Evaluation of suspended-sediment sources in the Yeongsan River using Cs-137 after major human impacts

2014 ◽  
Vol 344 ◽  
pp. 64-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Shin Lim ◽  
Jin Kwan Kim ◽  
Jong Wook Kim ◽  
Sei Sun Hong
Keyword(s):  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Sediment Sources
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