Indices of sediment connectivity: opportunities, challenges and limitations

T Heckmann, M Cavalli, O Cerdan, S Foerster… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Indices of connectivity are critical means for moving from qualitative to (semi-) quantitative
evaluations of material (eg, water, sediment and nutrients) transfer across the building …

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 …

Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems

E Wohl, G Brierley, D Cadol… - Earth Surface …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity describes the efficiency of material transfer between geomorphic system
components such as hillslopes and rivers or longitudinal segments within a river network …

Sediment connectivity: a framework for understanding sediment transfer at multiple scales

LJ Bracken, L Turnbull, J Wainwright… - … surface processes and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A major challenge for geomorphologists is to scale up small‐magnitude processes to
produce landscape form, yet existing approaches have been found to be severely limited …

The way forward: Can connectivity be useful to design better measuring and modelling schemes for water and sediment dynamics?

S Keesstra, JP Nunes, P Saco, T Parsons… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
For many years, scientists have tried to understand, describe and quantify water and
sediment fluxes, with associated substances like pollutants, at multiple scales. In the past …

Sediment connectivity concepts and approaches

S Najafi, D Dragovich, T Heckmann, SH Sadeghi - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years the concept of connectivity has emerged in sediment management to
describe transfer of sediment from different sections of landscapes at various spatial and …

(Dis) Connectivity in catchment sediment cascades: a fresh look at the sediment delivery problem

K Fryirs - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of the sediment delivery problem was introduced into the literature in 1983 by
Des Walling. This concept describes how only a fraction of sediment eroded within a …

Geomorphometric assessment of spatial sediment connectivity in small Alpine catchments

M Cavalli, S Trevisani, F Comiti, L Marchi - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
Complex and rugged topography induces large variations in erosion and sediment delivery
in the headwaters of alpine catchments. An effective connection of hillslopes with the …

Connectivity in rivers

E Wohl - Progress in Physical Geography, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Connectivity describes the degree to which matter and organisms can move among spatially
defined units in a natural system. River connectivity is typically described in longitudinal …

[HTML][HTML] Ecologically-relevant maps of landforms and physiographic diversity for climate adaptation planning

DM Theobald, D Harrison-Atlas, WB Monahan… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Key to understanding the implications of climate and land use change on biodiversity and
natural resources is to incorporate the physiographic platform on which changes in …