Fall 2017 Seminar Series
Dr. Allen Gellis, MD-DE-DC Water Science Center
Friday, October 6, 2017 · 2 PM - 3 PM
UMBC
Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education
Fall 2017 Seminar Series
presents
Dr. Allen Gellis
US Geological Survey
MD-DE-DC Water Science Center
Baltimore, MD
"The importance of understanding sediment sources to improve the health of our streams"
Friday, October 6, 2017
2:00 PM
TRC 206, UMBC
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Parking policy
Parking passes for off-campus guests in the TRC lot are required at the cost of $4.00 per car. Parking passes may be picked up and paid for (cash only) before seminar by stopping by the CUERE office in TRC 102 /105 and seeing a staff member. Please contact us at 410-455-1763 with any questions regarding logistics.
View our web site at http://cuere.umbc.edu
2:00 PM
TRC 206, UMBC
This seminar series http://cuere.umbc.edu/seminar-series/ is free and open to the public.
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Parking policy
Parking passes for off-campus guests in the TRC lot are required at the cost of $4.00 per car. Parking passes may be picked up and paid for (cash only) before seminar by stopping by the CUERE office in TRC 102 /105 and seeing a staff member. Please contact us at 410-455-1763 with any questions regarding logistics.
View our web site at http://cuere.umbc.edu
Abstract
Sediment is a leading cause of habitat degradation in rivers of the U.S. and worldwide. Management strategies that focus on reducing sediment should be based on a sound understanding of sediment sources contributing to the sediment flux and overall sediment budget of the watershed being investigated. USGS has been developing and implementing use of the sediment-fingerprinting approach to identify sources of fine-grained sediment; sediment budget techniques have been applied to provide information on channel and upland processes that contribute, store, and deliver sediment. This talk will focus on state-of-art sediment fingerprinting approaches including ‘old fashioned’ methods for sediment budgets.