Purpose This review of sediment source fingerprinting assesses the current state-of-the-art,
remaining challenges and emerging themes. It combines inputs from international scientists …

The mitigation of diffuse sediment pollution requires reliable provenance information so that
measures can be targeted. Sediment source fingerprinting represents one approach for …

Soil properties used as tracers in sediment fingerprinting studies are assumed to remain
stable or vary in a predictable way in their transfer from sources to sinks, allowing a …

The objective classification of sediment source groups is at present an under-investigated
aspect of source tracing studies, which has the potential to statistically improve …

In recent years, several sediment fingerprinting studies have used ultraviolet–visible (UV–
Vis), near-infrared (NIR) and middle-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy as a low cost, non …

Excessive transport of fine sediment, and its associated pollutants, can cause detrimental
impacts in aquatic environments. It is therefore important to perform accurate sediment …

Sediment source fingerprinting has been progressively developed and refined over the past
40 years or more and now represents a widely used and valuable technique, with important …

The sediment fingerprinting approach was used to apportion fine‐grained sediment to
cropland, pasture, forests, and streambanks in the agricultural and forested Smith Creek …

Excess diffuse fine sediment losses from agriculture are associated with a reduction in the
ecological status of lakes and rivers. Agri-environment initiatives aim to help reduce these …

In the Mediterranean region, floods are expected to increase as a result of climate change
and knowledge of soil erosion hot spots during exceptional rainfalls is required to support …