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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Literature review › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sediment tracers in water erosion studies
T2 - current approaches and challenges
AU - Guzman, Gema
AU - Quinton, John N.
AU - Nearing, Mark A.
AU - Mabit, Lionel
AU - Gomez, Jose A.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - 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 provide, such as sediment source identification, tracking of sediment movement across the landscape at various temporal and spatial scales, and estimation of soil erosion rates. For these reasons, the utility and robustness of sediment tracing approaches using a wide range of substances and soil properties have been evaluated in numerous studies.Conclusions A review of established tracing approaches identified five distinct groups of tracing approaches: fallout radionuclides, rare earth elements, soil magnetism and magnetic substances, other tracers, and sediment fingerprinting techniques. This paper describes the basic theory of each tracing approach in assessing soil erosion and sediment redistribution, describing their methodology and main applications, and summarizing the commonalities and differences between the approaches. It also identifies research gaps and future trends.
AB - 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 provide, such as sediment source identification, tracking of sediment movement across the landscape at various temporal and spatial scales, and estimation of soil erosion rates. For these reasons, the utility and robustness of sediment tracing approaches using a wide range of substances and soil properties have been evaluated in numerous studies.Conclusions A review of established tracing approaches identified five distinct groups of tracing approaches: fallout radionuclides, rare earth elements, soil magnetism and magnetic substances, other tracers, and sediment fingerprinting techniques. This paper describes the basic theory of each tracing approach in assessing soil erosion and sediment redistribution, describing their methodology and main applications, and summarizing the commonalities and differences between the approaches. It also identifies research gaps and future trends.
KW - Erosion
KW - Fallout radionuclides
KW - Fingerprinting
KW - Rare earth elements
KW - Sediment
KW - Soil magnetism and magnetic substances
KW - Tracers
KW - RARE-EARTH-ELEMENTS
KW - DIFFUSE-REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY
KW - RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT CESIUM-137
KW - ESTIMATE SOIL-EROSION
KW - SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT
KW - MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS
KW - STABLE-ISOTOPES
KW - CS-137 MEASUREMENTS
KW - ORGANIC-MATTER
KW - ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM
U2 - 10.1007/s11368-013-0659-5
DO - 10.1007/s11368-013-0659-5
M3 - Literature review
VL - 13
SP - 816
EP - 833
JO - Journal of Soils and Sediments
JF - Journal of Soils and Sediments
SN - 1439-0108
IS - 4
ER -