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Sediment delivery processes and the spatial distribution of caesium-137 in a small Sicilian basin
Vito FerroSalvatore RizzoGiuseppe GiordanoCostanza Di Stefanosubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationHydrologyGeographic information systembusiness.industrySedimentStructural basinTopographic mapSpatial distributionchemistryCaesium-137Environmental scienceOrganic matterScale (map)businessWater Science and Technologydescription
The sediment delivery processes occurring in a small Sicilian basin are modelled using the spatially distributed SEDD model recently proposed by Ferro and Minacapilli. The model is applied by using soil data (grain-size distribution, organic matter content, etc.) of 129 samples uniformly distributed over the study area and compiling the available information (topographic map, soil data, etc.) into a Geographical Information System. Finally, the predictive capability of the distributed sediment delivery approach is tested experimentally using the caesium-137 measurement technique. The comparison between calculated sediment yield and the corresponding measured caesium-137 loss is used to validate the SEDD model at the scale of both the single morphological unit and the entire basin. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-04-30 | Hydrological Processes |