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NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00936

The fine sediment budgets of lowland permeable catchments and their implications for nutrient and contaminant transfer.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor DE Walling, University of Exeter, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Heppell, Queen Mary University of London, Geography
Co-Investigator:
Dr G Leeks, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), Rees
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Khu, Monash University Malaysia, UNLISTED
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Nicholas, 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:
This project will assemble hitherto unavailable information on the fine sediment budgets and associated process dynamics of the three LOCAR catchments. This will include information on suspended sediment yields and sources and their variation according to catchment characteristics, rates of soil redistribution on slopes, slope-channel transfers, channel routing, and channel and floodplain storage. The information assembled will provide the basis for developing a sediment budget model for lowland catchments, to assist with catchment management. The sediment budget investigations will also be extended to include sediment-associated nutrients (P) and pesticides in order to establish the role of fine sediment transfer and storage in the transport and fate of nutrients and contaminants in lowland permeable catchments.
Period of Award:
9 Sep 2002 - 8 Dec 2006
Value:
£387,590
Authorised funds only
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2001/00936
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed

This grant award has a total value of £387,590  

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FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)

Total - T&STotal - StaffTotal - Other CostsTotal - EquipmentTotal - Indirect Costs
£34,673£172,516£50,839£17,167£112,395

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