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Suspended sediment sources identified by magnetic measurements

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A procedure for identifying the main source of the suspended sediment load of a stream by simple, cheap, rapid and nondestructive magnetic measurements is applicable to samples taken during the routine sampling of flood events permitting general characterisation of the load and more detailed investigation of variations in sediment source both during and between individual flood events.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Exeter, UK

    D. E. Walling & M. R. Peart

  2. Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, UK

    F. Oldfield

  3. Department of Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, UK

    R. Thompson

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Walling, D., Peart, M., Oldfield, F. et al. Suspended sediment sources identified by magnetic measurements. Nature 281, 110–113 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/281110a0

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