Natural tracers for sediment transport studies

The use of particle tracking in sediment transport studies: a review

“…Also, we refer the reader to the excellent review of the status of measurement techniques at the turn of the last century by White (1998), which includes a review of predominantly sandy shoreface tracer methods (including relevant equations). Finally, we deal principally with the tracking of silt and sand sediments here, as Sear et al (2000) have reviewed shingle tracking recently in considerable detail, and we do not deal with tracking studies using natural minerals (see Salomons & Mook 1987).…”

The use of particle tracking in sediment transport studies: a review

“…Also, we refer the reader to the excellent review of the status of measurement techniques at the turn of the last century by White (1998), which includes a review of predominantly sandy shoreface tracer methods (including relevant equations). Finally, we deal principally with the tracking of silt and sand sediments here, as Sear et al (2000) have reviewed shingle tracking recently in considerable detail, and we do not deal with tracking studies using natural minerals (see Salomons & Mook 1987).…”

A Wireless Sensor Network for the Real-Time Remote Measurement of Aeolian Sand Transport on Sandy Beaches and Dunes

“…The main drawback of tracing experiments is the lack of information in between tracer injection and tracer recovery: initial and final positions are known, not the actual trajectories the particles took to get from point A to point B. First field experiments with natural tracers were done on sandy beaches, analyzing sediment grain-size trends [ 24 , 25 ], sediment composition [ 26 , 27 ], isotopic ratios [ 28 , 29 ], and bioclasts [ 30 , 31 ]. Artificial radioactive [ 32 ] and fluorescent [ 33 , 34 ] tracers were also used.…”

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology applied to the definition of underwater and subaerial coarse sediment movement

“…Several methodologies were developed and tested. Analysis of sediment grainsize patterns (McCave, 1978;McLaren, 1981;Gao and Collins, 1992;Guillén and Hoekstra, 1996;Pedreros et al, 1996), provenance investigations by means of compositional analysis (Van Andel and Poole, 1960;Gandolfi and Paganelli, 1975;Salomons and Mook, 1987;Balsam and Beeson, 2003), magnetic susceptibility measurements (Sach and Ellwood, 1988;Ellwood et al, 2006), isotopic ratios (Biscaye et al, 1974;Grousset et al, 1988;Revel et al, 1996) and biogenic debris (Murray et al, 1983;Nigam, 1986;Gao and Collins, 1995;Benavente et al, 2005) as natural tracers, along with radioactive (Crickmore and Lean, 1962) and fluorescent tracers (Yasso, 1966;Komar and Inman, 1970;Ciavola et al, 1998;Vila-Concejo et al, 2004;Balouin et al, 2005) have been the most widely used techniques over the years to gain a better all-around definition of sand transport and movement. Each one of these approaches has advantages and disadvantages, owing to the level of accuracy and effectiveness in regard to the ongoing research, the time interval studied by the experiments (active pathways of sediment distribution or mere provenance indications), ease of applicability, and cost.…”

The use of particle tracking in sediment transport studies: a review

“…Also, we refer the reader to the excellent review of the status of measurement techniques at the turn of the last century by White (1998), which includes a review of predominantly sandy shoreface tracer methods (including relevant equations). Finally, we deal principally with the tracking of silt and sand sediments here, as Sear et al (2000) have reviewed shingle tracking recently in considerable detail, and we do not deal with tracking studies using natural minerals (see Salomons & Mook 1987).…”

A Wireless Sensor Network for the Real-Time Remote Measurement of Aeolian Sand Transport on Sandy Beaches and Dunes

“…The main drawback of tracing experiments is the lack of information in between tracer injection and tracer recovery: initial and final positions are known, not the actual trajectories the particles took to get from point A to point B. First field experiments with natural tracers were done on sandy beaches, analyzing sediment grain-size trends [ 24 , 25 ], sediment composition [ 26 , 27 ], isotopic ratios [ 28 , 29 ], and bioclasts [ 30 , 31 ]. Artificial radioactive [ 32 ] and fluorescent [ 33 , 34 ] tracers were also used.…”

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology applied to the definition of underwater and subaerial coarse sediment movement

“…Several methodologies were developed and tested. Analysis of sediment grainsize patterns (McCave, 1978;McLaren, 1981;Gao and Collins, 1992;Guillén and Hoekstra, 1996;Pedreros et al, 1996), provenance investigations by means of compositional analysis (Van Andel and Poole, 1960;Gandolfi and Paganelli, 1975;Salomons and Mook, 1987;Balsam and Beeson, 2003), magnetic susceptibility measurements (Sach and Ellwood, 1988;Ellwood et al, 2006), isotopic ratios (Biscaye et al, 1974;Grousset et al, 1988;Revel et al, 1996) and biogenic debris (Murray et al, 1983;Nigam, 1986;Gao and Collins, 1995;Benavente et al, 2005) as natural tracers, along with radioactive (Crickmore and Lean, 1962) and fluorescent tracers (Yasso, 1966;Komar and Inman, 1970;Ciavola et al, 1998;Vila-Concejo et al, 2004;Balouin et al, 2005) have been the most widely used techniques over the years to gain a better all-around definition of sand transport and movement. Each one of these approaches has advantages and disadvantages, owing to the level of accuracy and effectiveness in regard to the ongoing research, the time interval studied by the experiments (active pathways of sediment distribution or mere provenance indications), ease of applicability, and cost.…”

The use of particle tracking in sediment transport studies: a review

“…Also, we refer the reader to the excellent review of the status of measurement techniques at the turn of the last century by White (1998), which includes a review of predominantly sandy shoreface tracer methods (including relevant equations). Finally, we deal principally with the tracking of silt and sand sediments here, as Sear et al (2000) have reviewed shingle tracking recently in considerable detail, and we do not deal with tracking studies using natural minerals (see Salomons & Mook 1987).…”

A Wireless Sensor Network for the Real-Time Remote Measurement of Aeolian Sand Transport on Sandy Beaches and Dunes

“…The main drawback of tracing experiments is the lack of information in between tracer injection and tracer recovery: initial and final positions are known, not the actual trajectories the particles took to get from point A to point B. First field experiments with natural tracers were done on sandy beaches, analyzing sediment grain-size trends [ 24 , 25 ], sediment composition [ 26 , 27 ], isotopic ratios [ 28 , 29 ], and bioclasts [ 30 , 31 ]. Artificial radioactive [ 32 ] and fluorescent [ 33 , 34 ] tracers were also used.…”

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology applied to the definition of underwater and subaerial coarse sediment movement

“…Several methodologies were developed and tested. Analysis of sediment grainsize patterns (McCave, 1978;McLaren, 1981;Gao and Collins, 1992;Guillén and Hoekstra, 1996;Pedreros et al, 1996), provenance investigations by means of compositional analysis (Van Andel and Poole, 1960;Gandolfi and Paganelli, 1975;Salomons and Mook, 1987;Balsam and Beeson, 2003), magnetic susceptibility measurements (Sach and Ellwood, 1988;Ellwood et al, 2006), isotopic ratios (Biscaye et al, 1974;Grousset et al, 1988;Revel et al, 1996) and biogenic debris (Murray et al, 1983;Nigam, 1986;Gao and Collins, 1995;Benavente et al, 2005) as natural tracers, along with radioactive (Crickmore and Lean, 1962) and fluorescent tracers (Yasso, 1966;Komar and Inman, 1970;Ciavola et al, 1998;Vila-Concejo et al, 2004;Balouin et al, 2005) have been the most widely used techniques over the years to gain a better all-around definition of sand transport and movement. Each one of these approaches has advantages and disadvantages, owing to the level of accuracy and effectiveness in regard to the ongoing research, the time interval studied by the experiments (active pathways of sediment distribution or mere provenance indications), ease of applicability, and cost.…”