Recently observed rapid climate changes have focused the attention of researchers and
river managers on the possible effects of increased flooding frequency on the mobilization …

Hydropower reservoirs are essential for the climate-neutral development of East Africa.
Hydropower production, however, is threatened by human activities that lead to a decrease …

Sediment samples were collected to a depth of 60 cm along a 350-m sampling belt in a short-
term-flooding riparian wetland in the Yellow River Delta of China in three sampling seasons …

Temporal and spatial sediment dynamics in an East-African Rift Lake (Lake Manyara,
Tanzania), and its river inputs, have been evaluated via a combination of sediment tracing …

Growing interest in the dynamics of floodplain evolution and the important role of overbank
sedimentation on river floodplains as a sediment sink has focused attention on the need to …

Previous research on the environmental consequences of mining has shown that metal
contaminants can have long-lasting impacts on water quality and aquatic ecosystems …

In industrialised areas rivers and their floodplains are often highly polluted. The historic
contamination of floodplains offers an important archive of past polluting activities and fluvial …

It is now generally accepted that global warming and land use change have caused
significant changes of sediment redistribution rates within the different parts of the fluvial …

Superficial and cored sediment samples from the Moulay Bousselham lagoon and sub-
watershed were analyzed for Al, Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb, Mn, Ni, Cr, As, Hg, and Cd. The temporal …

Soil resources in parts of Tanzania are rapidly being depleted by increased rates of soil
erosion and downstream sediment transport, threatening ecosystem health, water and …