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Author : Day, T.J.
Date : 1988
Title : Evaluation of long term suspended sediment records for selected Canadian Rivers
Publication : Sediment Budgets. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication
Issue : 174:
Page(s) : 189-195
Abstract
Long term suspended sediment monitoring in Canadian rivers began in the 1950s for purposes which included documentation of geophysical processes and reservoir sedimentation. Many detailed (50-200 samples/year) data records with lengths of 10-30 years now exist. Presently both economic concerns and an awareness of different environmental applications have prompted a review of these records. Results indicate, for example, that mean characteristics are stable after about 10 years, and that a good range of conditions has been sampled. Long term records of suspended sediment transport are of limited use in documenting geophysical processes due to the limited sensitivity of basin response and to the complication of natural and man-induced changes. As a consequence of these reviews, the emphasis of Canadian sediment monitoring activities is shifting towards shorter term programs with a reduced number of samples
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology