Sediment fingerprinting to delineate sources of sediment in the agricultural and forested Smith Creek Watershed, Virginia, USA
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Abstract
The sediment fingerprinting approach was used to apportion fine‐grained sediment to cropland, pasture, forests, and streambanks in the agricultural and forested Smith Creek, watershed, Virginia. Smith Creek is a showcase study area in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, where management actions to reduce nutrients and sediment are being monitored. Analyses of suspended sediment at the downstream and upstream sampling sites indicated streambanks were the major source of sediment (76% downstream and 70% upstream). Current management strategies proposed to reduce sediment loadings for Smith Creek do not target streambanks as a source of sediment, whereas the results of this study indicate that management strategies to reduce sediment loads in Smith Creek may be effective if directed toward managing streambank erosion. The results of this study also highlight the utility of sediment fingerprinting as a management tool to identify sediment sources.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Sediment fingerprinting to delineate sources of sediment in the agricultural and forested Smith Creek Watershed, Virginia, USA |
| Series title | Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| DOI | 10.1111/1752-1688.12680 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Water Science Center |
| Description | 25 p. |
| First page | 1197 |
| Last page | 1221 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| Other Geospatial | Smith Creek |
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