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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes
Journal of Soils and Sediments, Volume 20, No. 12, Year 2020
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Purpose: This review of sediment source fingerprinting assesses the current state-of-the-art, remaining challenges and emerging themes. It combines inputs from international scientists either with track records in the approach or with expertise relevant to progressing the science. Methods: Web of Science and Google Scholar were used to review published papers spanning the period 2013–2019, inclusive, to confirm publication trends in quantities of papers by study area country and the types of tracers used. The most recent (2018–2019, inclusive) papers were also benchmarked using a methodological decision-tree published in 2017. Scope: Areas requiring further research and international consensus on methodological detail are reviewed, and these comprise spatial variability in tracers and corresponding sampling implications for end-members, temporal variability in tracers and sampling implications for end-members and target sediment, tracer conservation and knowledge-based pre-selection, the physico-chemical basis for source discrimination and dissemination of fingerprinting results to stakeholders. Emerging themes are also discussed: novel tracers, concentration-dependence for biomarkers, combining sediment fingerprinting and age-dating, applications to sediment-bound pollutants, incorporation of supportive spatial information to augment discrimination and modelling, aeolian sediment source fingerprinting, integration with process-based models and development of open-access software tools for data processing. Conclusions: The popularity of sediment source fingerprinting continues on an upward trend globally, but with this growth comes issues surrounding lack of standardisation and procedural diversity. Nonetheless, the last 2 years have also evidenced growing uptake of critical requirements for robust applications and this review is intended to signpost investigators, both old and new, towards these benchmarks and remaining research challenges for, and emerging options for different applications of, the fingerprinting approach. © 2020, The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Collins, Adrian L.
United Kingdom, Harpenden
Rothamsted Research
Blackwell, Martin Stephen Alan
United Kingdom, Harpenden
Rothamsted Research
Boeckx, Pascal
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Emelko, Monica B.
Canada, Waterloo
University of Waterloo
Evrard, Olivier
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
Foster, Ian D.L.
United Kingdom, Northampton
University of Northampton
Gellis, Allen C.
United States, Reston
United States Geological Survey
Harris, P.
United Kingdom, Harpenden
Rothamsted Research
Horowitz, Arthur J.
United States, Reston
United States Geological Survey
Mol, Lisa
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of the West of England
Pulley, Simon J.
United Kingdom, Harpenden
Rothamsted Research
Silins, Uldis
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
Upadhayay, Hari Ram
United Kingdom, Harpenden
Rothamsted Research
Zhang, Yusheng
United Kingdom, Harpenden
Rothamsted Research
Statistics
Citations: 105
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11368-020-02755-4
ISSN:
14390108
Research Areas
Health System And Policy