Sediment runoff from land use change and unsustainable development is missing from global priorities despite being one of the greatest threats facing freshwater and marine ecosystems, Griffith ...

Sedimentation is the silent villain that threatens the sanctity of our dams and reservoirs. While it may be invisible to the naked eye, its repercussions are starkly evident, as seen in the recent ...

A key element to understanding sediment flux is the determination of accumulation rates in areas of net deposition. How fast (or slow) is sediment piling up? How is that rate distributed in space? How ...

Sedimentation is the physical process by which particulate matter suspended in a fluid medium settles under the influence of gravity or centrifugal forces, leading to spatial segregation based on ...

Suspensions may be acceptably stable to sedimentation for two reasons. Either the bulk material has a yield stress high enough to hold the particles in suspension, or the material has a ‘zero shear ...

Silt-laden water spills over the top of Matilija Dam, operated by the Casitas Municipal Water District, near Ventura, California. Its reservoir is almost full of sediment, and a new plan for removing ...