Pristine levels of suspended sediment in large German river channels during the Anthropocene?

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Abstract 2) with more than 440 000 water samples taken between 1990 and 2010. Based on daily monitoring of suspended sediment concentration (SSC), we found significant declines in mean annual SSC and annual suspended sediment loads (SSLs) at 49 of 62 monitoring stations totaling - - 1 - 1 ∼ 1  Mt yr- 1, which was reached by the Rhine during the mid-Holocene when the suspended sediment load was adjusted to the Holocene climatic conditions and before the onset of increased loads due to human-induced land use changes in the Rhine catchment. At this point we can only speculate regarding potential reasons for a decline in sediment transport in larger rivers despite erosion increase. We argue that increased sediment retention in upstream headwaters is presumably the major reason for declining SSC in the large river channels studied.

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

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Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Pristine levels of suspended sediment in large German river channels during the Anthropocene? ; volume:11 ; number:2 ; year:2023 ; pages:287-303 ; extent:17
Earth surface dynamics ; 11, Heft 2 (2023), 287-303 (gesamt 17)

Creator: Hoffmann, Thomas Oliver
Baulig, Yannik
Vollmer, Stefan
Blöthe, Jan Henrik
Auerswald, Karl
Fiener, Peter

DOI: 10.5194/esurf-11-287-2023

URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023042005273879271988

Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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