Sediment Dynamics and Pollutant Mobility in Rivers (SEDYMO): Assessing Catchment-Wide Emission-Immission Relationships from Sediment Studies. BMBF Coordinated Research Project SEDYMO (2002–2006)

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/jss2005.11.002 Background and Scope. Apart from their function as indicator or memory for local pollutant inputs, sediments, and especially sediment cores, can be used as a tool for assessing emissionimmission relationships of contaminants on a river-basin scale. Methods. In the framework of the SEDYMO program, source effects, i.e. intensity of sediment erosion under different shear stress, were investigated using a combination of core profile or sampling box studies in laboratory flumes and a mobile in-situ testing device for sediment stability. Results. Calculations of immission risks on downstream areas, e.g., from a three-step approach (substances of concern, areas of concern, areas of risk; Heise et al. 2004), may be directly confirmed from sediment core data, specifically from flood layers, at the target site.