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Suspended sediment budget dynamics for a 55 km reach of the lowland River Swale, Yorkshire, U.K. are investigated for the period October 1994 to June 1995. Particular attention is paid to 11 storm events occurring between October 1994 and April 1995. Each of these storms produced significant suspended sediment transport. Variations in sediment dynamics, for example suspended sediment concentrations, hysteresis patterns and storm peak lag times through events and between the upstream and downstream ends of the reach are examined. Net sediment loss from the reach occurred during the extremely wet four month winter period from December 1994 to April 1995. Patterns of reach sediment storage are concluded to represent a combination of channel bed erosion and/or deposition, bank erosion and floodplain deposition. The implications of these patterns for sediment modelling are discussed.
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Smith, B.P.G., Naden, P.S., Leeks, G.J.L., Wass, P.D. (2003). Characterising the fine sediment budget of a reach of the River Swale, Yorkshire, U.K. during the 1994 to 1995 winter season. In: Kronvang, B. (eds) The Interactions between Sediments and Water. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 169. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3366-3_19
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