Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01076
Refining sediment tracing methodologies for investigating the fine sediment dynamics of catchments and river systems.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor DE Walling, University of Exeter, Geography
- Grant held at:
- University of Exeter, Geography
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Pollution
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Hydrological Processes
- Abstract:
- Sediment tracing techniques have assumed increasing importance as a tool in investigations of the fine sediment dynamics of catchments and river systems. Applications involving the use of 'natural' tracers to document rates and patterns of erosion and soil redistribution on slopes and rates of floodplain accretion and to identify the source of fine sediment in river systems have proved particularly successful. There is, however, an urgent need to refine the methodologies involved, in order to increase their precision and reliability. This project will address a number of generic uncertainties and problems associated with these techniques, related to the initial distribution of fallout radionuclides in soils and sediments and the effects of the grain size and organic matter selectivity of erosion, transport and deposition processes on tracer property concentrations.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01076
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £204,821
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2,487 | £105,767 | £24,393 | £48,653 | £23,522 |
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