Sediment Flux and Storage in a Southeastern Piedmont River System
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Martin, John Kirkwood
Jackson, C. Rhett
Leigh, David S.
West, Larry T.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Total Maximum Daily Load sediment
limits need to be assessed for Georgia. There is a need to create sediment budgets to prioritize sediment
reduction efforts loadings for Non Point Source
Pollution. Early analysis for Murder Creek reveal that
there is a large source of sediment in floodplain storage.
Volume analysis of exported sediment indicate that
there has been large amounts of sediment mobilized
after 1950. Dendro-geomorphology data reveal that
there has been slight floodplain accretion over that time period. These factors suggest that constant erosion of
stored sediments from past land uses may lead to
elevated and continued levels of sediment in Georgia's
waterways.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
2001-03
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