Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry: implications for catchment-scale sediment management

Kirstie Fryirs; Damian B. Gore

Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry: implications for catchment-scale sediment management

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Abstract

Release of alluvial suspended sediment from channel bank erosion since European settlement has Resulted in the formation of a colmation layer along the upper Hunter River trunk stream at Muswellbrook, eastern Australia. We use X-ray diffractometry (XRD) to determine the mineralogical Signature of a riverbed colmation layer and floodplain sediment sources across this 4,480km² catchment. This sediment tracing technique allows us to construct a picture of how suspended sediment supply operates in this system. Understanding the spatial variability in sediment supply Is critical for the development of catchment action plans that treat the causes of sediment source And delivery problems rather than just the symptoms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Managing for Extremes, Canberra, A. C. T., 6-8 February, 2012
Editors	James R. Grove, Ian Rutherford
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	River Basin Management Society
Pages	1-7
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9780734047625
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Australian Stream Management Conference (6th : 2012) - Canberra, Australia Duration: 6 Feb 2012 → 8 Feb 2012

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Conference	Australian Stream Management Conference (6th : 2012)
City	Canberra, Australia
Period	6/02/12 → 8/02/12

Keywords

Upper Hunter River
suspended sediment tracing
sediment supply areas
sediment management
XRD

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Fryirs, K., & Gore, D. B. (2012). Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry: implications for catchment-scale sediment management. In J. R. Grove, & I. Rutherford (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference: Managing for Extremes, Canberra, A. C. T., 6-8 February, 2012 (pp. 1-7). River Basin Management Society. http://www.asm6.org.au/assets/6ASM/Abstracts/041.pdf

Fryirs, Kirstie ; Gore, Damian B. / Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry : implications for catchment-scale sediment management. Proceedings of the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference: Managing for Extremes, Canberra, A. C. T., 6-8 February, 2012. editor / James R. Grove ; Ian Rutherford. Canberra : River Basin Management Society, 2012. pp. 1-7

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Fryirs, K & Gore, DB 2012, Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry: implications for catchment-scale sediment management. in JR Grove & I Rutherford (eds), Proceedings of the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference: Managing for Extremes, Canberra, A. C. T., 6-8 February, 2012. River Basin Management Society, Canberra, pp. 1-7, Australian Stream Management Conference (6th : 2012), Canberra, Australia, 6/02/12. <http://www.asm6.org.au/assets/6ASM/Abstracts/041.pdf>

Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry: implications for catchment-scale sediment management. / Fryirs, Kirstie ; Gore, Damian B.
Proceedings of the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference: Managing for Extremes, Canberra, A. C. T., 6-8 February, 2012. ed. / James R. Grove; Ian Rutherford. Canberra: River Basin Management Society, 2012. p. 1-7.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Fryirs K , Gore DB. Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry: implications for catchment-scale sediment management. In Grove JR, Rutherford I, editors, Proceedings of the 6th Australian Stream Management Conference: Managing for Extremes, Canberra, A. C. T., 6-8 February, 2012. Canberra: River Basin Management Society. 2012. p. 1-7

Tracing sediment supply to a colmation layer in the upper Hunter River using X-ray diffractometry: implications for catchment-scale sediment management

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