Michael Marden

TL;DR: The authors examines how anthropogenic activity has caused significant changes in the quantity and quality of fine-grained sediment within river systems, using examples of: land use change in New Zealand; the effects of reservoir construction and management in different countries; the interaction between sediment dynamics and fish habitats in British Columbia, Canada; and the management of contaminated sediment in USA rivers.

TL;DR: The methodology and errors involved in determining the amount of sediment produced during two (19·5 and 33·2 year) periods by 11 (c. 0·01 − >0·20 km2) gullies within a 4 km2 area in the headwaters of the Waipaoa River basin, New Zealand, using sequential digital elevation models are described as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of vegetation cover on sediment production and the channel response was investigated in the Southern French Prealps and New Zealand, and the results demonstrated the strong effect that vegetation cover has on hillslope erosion processes, through its impact on the landsliding threshold and the total sediment yield.

TL;DR: Information on live root-wood strength, rates of root decay and root growth of both radiata pine and kanuka are combined to form a generalized conceptual model of changes in nett root reinforcement, which provides an initial opportunity to rank the plant species having specific below-ground rooting habits that can be used to control erosion.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that the Waipaoa terrace is the oldest part of the coverbed sequence, indicating cessation of aggradation about 16.7 ka BP.