Sediment Matters, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015

I. Sediment transport processes.- Sediment transport in headwater streams of the Carpathian Flysch belt: its nature and recent effects of human interventions.- Aspects of sediment transport in single-thread and anabranching river channels in flysch Carpathians (a case study from the Czech Republic).- Sediment Transport Processes Related to the Operation of a Rapid Hydraulic Structure (Boulder Ramp) in a Mountain Stream Channel: A Polish Carpathian Example.- II. Modelling sediment transfer in rivers.- Challenges in Modelling Sediment Matters.- Suspended Sediment Estimation Using an Artificial Intelligence Approach.- Projected climate change impact on soil erosion and sediment yield in the River Elbe catchment.- III. Sediment Quality.- Water quality and sediment management in Brahmaputra Basin of India: impact of agricultural land use.- Contamination of sediments in the German North Sea estuaries Elbe, Weser and Ems and its sensitivity to climate change.- IV. Sediment Monitoring.- Application of a new monitoring strategy and analysis concept of suspended sediments in Austrian rivers.- Stream sediment geochemistry of the areas impacted by mines, B1 secondary catchment of the Olifants Primary Catchment Area, South Africa.- V. Sediment Managing in river basins.- Evaluating Reservoir Siting, Design and Operating Alternatives in the Mekong River Basin.- River-basin-scale sediment management: the Elbe case.

Sediment matters are discussed from different perspectives

The book presents state of the art monitoring and management concepts

The chapters of this book are based on practical case studies and operational research

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras