Quantifying sediment transport in the Loire River basin: combining field and satellite-based approaches to fluvial morphodynamics

Sediment flux is a key component of fluvial systems. Depending on the water flow’s ability to erode and transport alluvial particles, this process plays a critical role in the morphological evolution and landscape dynamics of rivers, as well as in habitat biodiversity, risk management (such as floods, bridge and dike stability, bed degradation, and coastal erosion), and energy and resource management.

Recent technological advancements in acoustics and remote sensing have provided new insights into this often-overlooked aspect of freshwater ecosystems, encompassing both sedimentary processes and the quantification of sediment transport from rivers to oceans.

Speaker

Michael Nones 

LE STUDIUM Visiting Researcher 

FROM: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences - PL
IN RESIDENCE AT: CItés, TERritoires, Environnement et Sociétés (CITERES) / CNRS, University of Tours - FR & Continental Geo-Hydrosystems (GeHCO), University of Tours - FR  

Stéphane Rodrigues 

CItés, TERritoires, Environnement et Sociétés (CITERES) / CNRS, University of Tours - FR