Suspended sediment is a natural part of river systems and plays an essential role in
structuring the landscape, creating ecological habitats and transporting nutrients. It is also a …

Tracing sediments back to their catchment sources using biogeochemical and physical
fingerprints involves multiple assumptions. One of the most fundamental assumptions is that …

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 …

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 …

Suspended sediments in fluvial systems originate from a myriad of diffuse and point sources,
with the relative contribution from each source varying over time and space. The process of …

Introduction Interest in the use of sediment tracers as a tool to complement traditional water
erosion or deposition measurements has increased due to the additional information they …

Purpose Fine-grained sediment is an important pollutant in streams and estuaries, including
the Chesapeake Bay in the USA. The objective of this study was to determine the sources of …

Information on the nature and relative contribution of different watershed sediment sources
is recognized as a key requirement in the design and implementation of targeted …

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

This contribution addresses two developing areas of sediment fingerprinting research.
Specifically, how to improve the temporal resolution of source apportionment estimates …