Fingerprinting and tracing the sources of soils and sediments: Earth and ocean science, geoarchaeological, forensic, and human health applications

Autor: Jamie Woodward, Dominic Reiffarth, Alexander J. Koiter, David A. Lobb, Leticia Gaspar, David Gateuille, P. N. Owens, William H. Blake, Hugh Smith, Ellen L. Petticrew
Přispěvatelé: University of Northern British Columbia [Prince George] (UNBC), Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne] (LHC), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), University of Manitoba [Winnipeg], Queensland Institute of Medical Research, School of Environment, Education and Development [Manchester] (SEED), University of Manchester [Manchester], Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, European Geosciences Union, International Atomic Energy Agency, University of California, Laboratoire Hubert Curien (LHC), Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains (LEESU), AgroParisTech-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Watershed
Sediment properties
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Earth science
[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences
sediment sources
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Tracing
Sediment sources
Sampling design
sediment properties
14. Life underwater
[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces
environment
Sediment fingerprinting
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean
Atmosphere
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
sediment provenance
Aquatic ecosystem
Sediment
Estuary
fine-grained sediment
15. Life on land
Sedimentation
tracing
6. Clean water
sediment fingerprinting
Oceanography
13. Climate action
Fine-grained sediment
Sediment provenance
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Oceanic basin
Coastal management
Geology
Zdroj: Earth-Science Reviews
Earth-Science Reviews, Elsevier, 2016, 162, pp.1-23. ⟨10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.08.012⟩
Earth-Science Reviews, 2016, 162, pp.1-23. ⟨10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.08.012⟩
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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ISSN: 0012-8252
Popis: Fine-grained sediment is perhaps the most widespread and pervasive contaminant in aquatic systems reflecting its role in influencing the quality of the water (e.g., turbidity, vector of chemicals and other pollutants) and its detrimental effect on infrastructure (e.g., dams, turbines) and aquatic habitats (e.g., salmonid spawning grounds) through sedimentation. Determining the sources of fine-grained sediment thus represents an important requirement for watershed and coastal management, as well as for understanding the evolution of landscapes and ocean basins. Sediment source fingerprinting utilizes the diagnostic physical, chemical and biological properties (i.e., tracers) of source materials to enable samples of collected sediment to be apportioned to these sources. This review examines the development of the technique within the earth and ocean sciences, focusing mainly on agricultural landscapes. However, the development of new tracers, such as compound-specific stable isotopes, has allowed the technique to be applied in a growing number of environmental settings including forested (including wildfire-impacted forests), urban and estuarine/coastal settings. This review also describes other applications of the fingerprinting approach such as geoarchaeological (e.g., archaeological site formation), forensic (e.g., identifying the sources of soil/sediment particles in criminal investigations) and human health (e.g., identifying the sources of airborne particulate matter, PM2.5) applications. Identifying commonalities in methods and approaches between environments and disciplines should foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas. Furthermore, refinement of the sediment source fingerprinting technique requires that several methodological issues be addressed. These methodological issues range from the initial sampling design to the interpretation of the final apportionment results. This review also identifies and assesses these methodological concerns.
This review was initiated as part of a project on developing improved protocols for sediment fingerprinting in Canadian watersheds funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (STPGP 413426-2011). Additional ideas stem from several sessions on sediment source tracing and fingerprinting at the European Geosciences Union conferences, a Coordinated Research Project of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and from a workshop held at the Scripps Institute, University of California-San Diego, funded by the European Union.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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