Improving the design and implementation of sediment fingerprinting studies: summary and outcomes of the TRACING 2021 Scientific School.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Identifying best practices for sediment fingerprinting or tracing is important to allow the quantification of sediment contributions from catchment sources. Although sediment fingerprinting has been applied with reasonable success, the deployment of this method remains associated with many issues and limitations.

Methods

Seminars and debates were organised during a 4-day Thematic School in October 2021 to come up with concrete suggestions to improve the design and implementation of tracing methods.

Results

First, we suggest a better use of geomorphological information to improve study design. Researchers are invited to scrutinise all the knowledge available on the catchment of interest, and to obtain multiple lines of evidence regarding sediment source contrib

SUBMITTER: Evrard O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9034742 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature