简介：TheWorldAssociationofSedimentationandErosionResearch(WASER)establishedtheAwardfordistinguishedcontributionstosedimentresearchin2004.ThisawardistoprovideinternationalrecognitionfordistinguishedcontributionstothesedimentstudiesthroughoriginalandilluminatingresearchpaperspublishedintheInternationalJournalofSedimentResearch.Sevenpaperspublishedin2004-2009havebeenawardedthedistinguishedcontributionsawardin2007and2010.Aselectioncommittee,consistsof7scientistsfrom6counties,wasestablishin2012,whichscreened125paperpublishedinInternationalJournalofSedimentResearchduring2010-2012.Copiesof15papersintheshortlistweresenttomembersofthecommitteeandeachmemberwasrequestedtorecommend3papersfortheaward.ThevotingforthedistinguishedcontributionsawardstartedfromNovember1,2012viaemail.Allmembersoftheselectioncommitteehavereadthepapersandvotedfortheawardbasedonscientificmeritsofthesepapers.UptoJanuary10,2013,allthesevenmembershavesentbacktheirvotes,andtheresultsarethereforevalid.Thefollowing

简介：Thepressureandimpactonlargerivershaveincreasedgreatlyinrecentyears,asaconsequenceoftheirexploitationtomeetvarioushumanneeds.Largeriversareparticularlyexposedtoproblemsofmultipleuses,oftenwithconflictingaims.Attheglobalscaleriversystemsareincreasinglyalteredbydams,leadingtointerruptionofcontinuityandadisruptedsedimentregime,whichresultsinfar-reachingproblems.Thesechallengespointalsototheneedformoreintegratedmanagementapproachesandconsiderationofcatchment-riverinteractionsemphasizinglandusemanagementandeffectsoftheseuses.Attheglobalscale,thereiscurrentlynooverviewassessmentofthecurrentstatusoftheworld’slargerivers,theconflictingdemandsonsuchrivers,andlikelyfutureanthropogenicimpacts,aswellasthepotentialforrestoration,improvementsinintegratedmanagementandtheassociatedproblemscausedbytheirmultipleuses.ThespecialissueintheInternationalJournalofSedimentResearchon"Sedimentloadsandprocessesinlargerivers"aimstoprovideaglobalforumforawide-rangingdiscussionofkeyissuesrelatedtoresearchonlargeriversandtotheireffectiveandsustainablemanagement,involvingbothscientistsanddecisionmakers.Thesequenceofpapersinthespecialissuehighlightsthecurrentsituationindifferentriversystemswithregardtomorphodynamicreactionsof

简介：Toevaluatetheeffectofvegetativefilterstripsonsedimenttrapping,thespatialdistributionofdepositedsediment,andthesizedistributionofdepositedparticlesfromhyperconcentratedflows,asimulatedgrassfilterstripexperimentwasconductedwithplasticgrassusinganadjustableslopesteelflume.Thesimulatedvegetationcoverwas36%,andtheinflowsedimentconcentrationsappliedwere147,238,320,and429kgm~(-3).Thesedimentconcentrationintheoutflow,andthesedimentparticlesizeweredetermined.Theresultsshowedthatthegrassfilterstripstrappedmostofthesedimentfrominflowatlowsedimentconcentration.Thedepositionefficiencydecreasedwithincreasingsedimentconcentration,being55.2%and15.7%inthe147and429kgm~(-3)sedimenttreatments,respectively.Mostofthedepositedsedimentsweredistributedintheupperflume.Inaddition,thegrassfilterstripsmainlytrappedthecoarsesediment(particlesize>10μm).

简介：TheblacksoilregionofnortheastChina,whichcoverstheProvincesofHeilongjiang,JilinandtheInnerMongoliaautonomousregionwithblacksoil,chernozemandmeadowsoil,hasexperiencedsoilerosionsinceintenseagriculturalreclamationbeganapproximately100yearsago.However,thesedimentdeliveryratio,definedasthefractionofgrosserosionthatistransportedfromagivenareainagiventimeinterval,isstillunclear.Inthisstudy,wecalculatedthedeliveryratioandanalysedchangesinerosiveprocesseswithinHebeicatchmentfrom1977to2007basedonananalysisofsedimentsoftheLiuduireservoir.Theoriginalvegetationlayerclearlyidentifiedthebottomofthereservoirwhenitwasconstructedin1977;thus,thereservoirsedimentscouldbepreciselydated.Thedeliveryratio,calculatedbycomparingthesedimentdepositioninthereservoirwiththetotalsoilerosionintheupstreamcatchment,wasfoundtobeexponentiallycorrelated(r~2=0.95,P<0.01)withdecreasinggrainsize,exceptforthefraction<0.002mm.Thedeliveryratiofortheclays(<0.002mm)waslow,averaging0.10duringthestudyperiod,whichindicatedpartialremovalofclaysfromthereservoir.Thechangesinthereservoirdepositionratereflectedthetemporalchangesintheerosionprocesses.Theexceptionallyhighrainfallin1998wasconfirmedbythedistributionsof~(137)Cs,~(210)Pb,andthegrain-sizeofthesediments.Beginningfromthepositionoftheoriginalgrasslayer,wedefinedthreeperiodsfrom1977to2007basedondepositionrates:2.40cmyear~(-1)from1977to1997,5.60cmyear~(-1)in1998duetounusuallyhighrainfall,and1.55cmyear~(-1)from1999to2007.Theoverallaveragedepositionratefortheentireperiodwas2.26cmyear~(-1).Precipitationwasfoundtobethemainfactoraffectingthesoilerosionofthestudyarea.

简介：软沉积的变丑结构的间隔在在西方的Qaidamu盆的侏罗记湖的存款是暴露得好的。通过地观察，许多软沉积的变丑结构能被识别，例如旋绕的床上用品，液化的沙静脉，负担和火焰结构，商业萧条结构和重叠滑动的结构。基于他们的开始，软沉积的变丑结构能作为三种类型被分类：地震导致的结构，垂直装载结构，并且水平砍结构。基于他们的几何学和开始分析，他们是地震导致结构。根据旋绕的床上用品结构和液化的沙静脉的特征，在中间的侏罗记期间有比在学习区域的大小6大的地震，这能被推断。而且，商业萧条结构的学习和重叠滑动的结构显示在中间的侏罗记期间有一个东南的斜坡。自从到Altyn山和Altyn差错的来自学习区域的距离，是仅仅10km，Altyn山然后存在并且Altyn罢工滑倒差错在中间的侏罗记期间是活跃的，这能也被推断。

简介：Thedistributionofthesuspendedsedimentconcentration(SSC)intheBohaiSea,YellowSeaandEastChinaSea(BYECS)isstudiedbasedontheobservedturbiditydataandmodelsimulationresults.Theobservedturbidityresultsshowthat(i)thehighestSSCisfoundinthecoastalareaswhileintheoutershelfseaareasturbidwaterismuchmoredifficulttoobserve,(ii)thesurfacelayerSSCismuchlowerthanthebottomlayerSSCand(iii)thewinterSSCishigherthanthesummerSSC.TheRegionalOceanModelingSystem(ROMS)isusedtosimulatetheSSCdistributionintheBYECS.AcomparisonbetweenthemodeledSSCandtheobservedSSCintheBYECSshowsthatthemodeledSSCcanreproducetheprincipalfeaturesoftheSSCdistributionintheBYECS.Thedynamicmechanismsofthesedimenterosionandtransportprocessesarestudiedbasedonthemodeledresults.ThehorizontaldistributionoftheSSCintheBYECSismainlydeterminedbythecurrent-waveinducedbottomstressandthefine-grainsedimentdistribution.Thecurrent-inducedbottomstressismuchhigherthanthewave-inducedbottomstress,whichmeansthetidalcurrentsplayamoresignificantroleinthesedimentresuspensionthanthewindwaves.TheverticalmixingstrengthisstudiedbasedonthemixedlayerdepthandtheturbulentkineticenergydistributionintheBYECS.Thestrongwintertimeverticalmixing,whichismainlycausedbythestrongwindstressandsurfacecooling,leadstohighsurfacelayerSSCinwinter.HighsurfacelayerSSCinsummerisrestrictedinthecoastalareas.

简介：Thepaperdescribesapermeametertestmethodfordeterminationofthehydraulicconductivity(AT)alongmulti-directionsinfluvialsedimentswithcrossbeddings.Unlikeexistingin-situpermeametermethodsthatdeterminehydraulicconductivityforsubmergedstreambeds,ourmethodwasintendedtomeasurehydraulicconductivityofexposedstreambedsorfluvialsediments.ThemethodwasappliedtotheWeiRiver,ShaanxiProvince,CentralChinaforcharacterizationoftheanisotropyofKinawell-sortedfluvialsediment.Theresultsillustratedthateveninwell-sortedsediments,cross-beddingandsedimentfabrication(ortexture)canleadtovariedKvaluesalongdifferentmeasurementdirections.TheKvaluewasthelargestalongthedipdirection(orthemajordirection)thatisparalleltotheorientationofcrossbeddingandthesmallestinthedirectionperpendiculartothebedding(ortheminordirection).TheKvalueinagivendirectionbetweenthemajorandminordirectionoftenfellintherangeboundedbytheKvaluesinthemajorandminordirections.TheanisotropyratioofK(theratioofKvaluebetweenthemajorandminordirections)intwotrenchesforthiswell-sortedfluvialsedimentwasupto1.14to1.23,respectively.Ourresultsalsodemonstratedthatevenforwell-sortedsediments,theKvaluesbetweentwosamplingpointsonlyabout10cmapartcandiffer.ItisclearthattheKdistributionstronglycorrelatestothebeddingorientation.

简介：全部的水银(THg)和甲基水银(MeHg)的集中为沿着福建省和东方广东省的沿海的线收集的32表面沉积被决定。THg和MeHg和他们的环境影响因素的空间分布被调查。在沉积的THg和MeHg的平均集中分别地是31.5ng/g和0.096ng/g。沉积THg和MeHg集中在Minjiang河口和Quanzhou和Putian的沿海的区域显示出相对高的价值。当到海岸线的距离增加了，集中总的来说减少了。在环境影响因素和THg之中的关联，MeHg被分析。沉积THg集中高度被相关到有机物，铜，全部的氮(TN)和全部的磷(TP)的集中，并且显著地相关到底部海水的pH价值和沉积硫化物的集中。沉积MeHg集中高度被相关到有机物和铜的集中，并且重要相关到硫化物，TN，TP和底部海水的pH价值的集中。

简介：Climatechangecharacterizedbyincreasingtemperatureisabletoaffectprecipitationregimeandthussurfacehydrology.However,themannerinwhichriversedimentloadsrespondtoclimatechangeisnotwellunderstood,andrelatedassessmentregardingtheeffectofclimatechangeonsedimentloadsislacking.Wepresentaquantitativeestimateofchangesinsedimentloads(from1.5Gtyr~(-1)pre-1990to0.6Gtyr~(-1)from1991-2007)inresponsetoclimatechangeineightlargeChineserivers.Overthepastdecades,precipitationchangecoupledwithrisingtemperatureshasplayedasignificantroleininfluencingthesedimentdeliverydynamics,althoughhumanactivities,suchasreservoirconstruction,waterdiversion,sandminingandlandcoverchange,arestillthepredominantforces.Lowerprecipitationcoupledwithrisingtemperatureshassignificantlyreducedsedimentloadsdeliveredintotheseainsemi-aridclimates(4-61%).Incontrast,increasinglywarmerandwetterclimatesinsubtropicalzoneshasyieldedmoresediment(0.4-11%),althoughtheincreasewasoffsetbyhumanimpact.Ourresultsindicatethat,comparedwithmechanicalretentionbyreservoirs,waterreductioncausedbyclimatechangeorhumanwithdrawalshascontributedmoresedimentreductionfortheriverswithabundantsedimentsupplybutlimitedtransportcapacity(e.g.,theHuanghe).Furthermore,ourresultsindicatethatevery1%changeinprecipitationhasresultedina1.3%changeinwaterdischargeanda2%changeinsedimentloads.Inaddition,every1%changeinwaterdischargecausedbyprecipitationhasledtoa1.6%changeinsedimentloads,butthesamepercentageofwaterdischargechangecausedlargelybyhumanswouldonlyresultina0.9%changeinsedimentloads.Thesefigurescanbeusedasaguidelineforevaluatingtheresponsesofsedimentloadstoclimatechangeinsimilarclimatezonesbecausefutureglobalwarmingwillcausedramaticchangesinwaterandsedimentinriverbasinsworldwideatratespreviouslyunseen.

简介：一个活动床的、未失真的物理模型(1:40)被用来通过河岸保护移动和丁提尺寸和配置的修正调查不同沉积供应策略到旧来因河，它引起河岸侵蚀。这条训练隧道以前巴塞尔(瑞士)下游地是上面的来因河的主要的床，但是自从宏大运河d'Alsace，一条航行运河，和一个流动控制水坝的构造，它在梳(法国)有人工地低的流动政体。训练工作和随后的隧道切口极大地也减少了沉积运输率并且创造一重重地armoured床。建模的飞行员地点在左河岸上有一个丁提领域。结果证明在这个地点的当前存在的丁提不在创造导致的高银行方面速度存侵蚀是有效的，甚至为比吝啬的年度流动率显著地高的流动率。河岸也比以前想证明了更抵抗，允许安全地要搬迁的河岸保护的长段。在二更高的、更大的岛丁提进一步分开被放比三存在依附的丁提的地方，测试进程的物理模型为丁提域生产了一种新配置。这条创新途径证明了有效，引起为在吝啬的年度流动率下面的流动率的河岸侵蚀，与被观察的一致侵蚀。如此的一种配置不为宏大运河d'Alsace提出危险，这也被发现了，它靠着旧来因河是位于的，通过在高流动事件期间的过多的河岸侵蚀。

简介：LigninservesasoneofthemostimportantmolecularfossilsfortracingTerrestrialOrganicMatters(TOMs)inmarineenvironment.Extractionandderivatizationofligninoxidationproducts(LOPs)arecrucialforaccuratequantificationoflignininmarinesediment.Herewereportamodificationoftheconventionalalkalinecupricoxide(CuO)oxidationmethod,themodificationconsistinginasolidphaseextraction(SPE)andanovelon-columnderivatizationbeingemployedforbetterefficiencyandreproducibility.Inspikingblanks,recoverieswithSPEfortheLOPsarebetween77.84%and99.57%withrelativestandarddeviations(RSDs)rangingfrom0.57%to8.04%(n=3),whilethosewithtraditionalliquid-liquidextraction(LLE)arefrom44.52%to86.16%withRSDsbeingfrom0.53%to13.14%(n=3).Moreover,thereproducibilityisgreatlyimprovedwithSPE,withlesssolventconsumptionandshorterprocessingtime.Theaverageefficiencyofon-columnderivatizationforLOPsis100.8%±0.68%,whichissignificantlyhigherthanthoseofin-vialorin-syringederivatization,thusresultinginstilllessconsumptionofderivatizingreagents.LignininthesurfacesedimentssampledfromthesouthofYangtzeRiverestuary,China,wasdeterminedwiththeestablishedmethod.Recoveriesof72.66%to85.99%withstandarddeviationlessthan0.01mg/10gdryweightareobtainedexceptforp-hydroxyben-zaldehyde.ThelignincontentΣ8(producedfrom10gdrysediment)intheresearchareaisbetween0.231and0.587mg.S/VandC/Vratios(1.028±0.433and0.192±0.066,respectively)indicatethattheTOMsinthisregionareoriginatedfromamixtureofwoodyandnonwoodyangiospermplants;thehighvaluesof(Ad/Al)vsuggestthattheTOMshasbeenhighlydegraded.