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Fall 2017 Seminar Series

Dr. Allen Gellis, MD-DE-DC Water Science Center

Location

Technology Research Center (TRC) : 206

Date & Time

October 6, 2017, 2:00 pm3:00 pm

Description


UMBC 

Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education

Fall 2017 Seminar Series

presents


Dr. Allen Gellis
US Geological Survey
MD-DE-DC Water Science Center
Baltimore, MD


"The importance of understanding sediment sources to improve the health of our streams"


Friday, October 6, 2017

2:00 PM

TRC 206, UMBC


This seminar series http://cuere.umbc.edu/seminar-series/ is free and open to the public.

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Parking policy

Parking passes for off-campus guests in the TRC lot are required at the cost of $4.00 per car.  Parking passes may be picked up and paid for (cash only) before seminar by stopping by the CUERE office in TRC 102 /105 and seeing a staff member.  Please contact us at 410-455-1763 with any questions regarding logistics.  

View our web site at  http://cuere.umbc.edu

Abstract

Sediment is a leading cause of habitat degradation in rivers of the U.S. and worldwide. Management strategies that focus on reducing sediment should be based on a sound understanding of sediment sources contributing to the sediment flux and overall sediment budget of the watershed being investigated. USGS has been developing and implementing use of the sediment-fingerprinting approach to identify sources of fine-grained sediment; sediment budget techniques have been applied to provide information on channel  and upland processes that contribute, store, and deliver sediment.  This talk will focus on state-of-art sediment fingerprinting approaches including ‘old fashioned’ methods for sediment budgets.