Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

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 …

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 …

By trapping sediment in reservoirs, dams interrupt the continuity of sediment transport
through rivers, resulting in loss of reservoir storage and reduced usable life, and depriving …

Elevated fine sediment input from terrestrial and aquatic sources as a result of
anthropogenic activity is widely recognized to impact negatively on aquatic ecosystems. In …

Over the last 50 years the effects of suspended solids (SS) on fish and aquatic life have
been studied intensively throughout the world. It is now accepted that SS are an extremely …

The extensive development of surface and subsurface drainage systems to facilitate
agricultural production throughout North America has significantly altered the hydrology of …

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

Abstract Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) has provoked a series of unprecedented
environmental problems, many of which are related to the transitional area between the …

There is growing concern that the way that soils are used often results in their degradation,
giving rise to significant costs, both to direct users of soils and to society as a whole. This …