Quantitative sediment source attribution with compound-specific  isotope analysis in a C3 plant-dominated catchment (central Switzerland)

Alewell, Christine; Birkholz, Axel; Meusburger, Katrin; Schindler Wildhaber, Yael; Mabit, Lionel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1587-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1587-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 5

Research article

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15 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 15 Mar 2016

Quantitative sediment source attribution with compound-specific isotope analysis in a C3 plant-dominated catchment (central Switzerland)

Christine Alewell, Axel Birkholz, Katrin Meusburger, Yael Schindler Wildhaber, and Lionel Mabit

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RC C5615: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2015
- AC C6688: 'Reply to Referee 1', Christine Alewell, 19 Oct 2015
RC C6418: 'BG-2015-412', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Oct 2015
- AC C6691: 'Reply to Referee 2', Christine Alewell, 19 Oct 2015

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 Nov 2015) by Steven Bouillon

AR by Christine Alewell on behalf of the Authors (09 Dec 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Dec 2015) by Steven Bouillon

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (09 Feb 2016) by Steven Bouillon

AR by Christine Alewell on behalf of the Authors (24 Feb 2016)

ED: Publish as is (03 Mar 2016) by Steven Bouillon

AR by Christine Alewell on behalf of the Authors (03 Mar 2016)

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Origin of suspended sediments in rivers is of crucial importance for optimization of catchment management. Sediment source attribution to a lowland river in central Switzerland with compound specific stable isotopes analysis (CSIA) indicated that 65 % of the suspended sediments originated from agricultural land during base flow, while forest was the dominant source during high flow. We achieved significant differences in CSIA signature from land uses dominated by C3 plant cultivation.