Soil erosion and sediment dynamics in the Anthropocene: a review of human impacts during a period of rapid global environmental change

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 20; no. 12; pp. 4115 - 4143
• Main Author: Owens, Philip N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Advances in Sediment Science and Management; Anthropocene; Anthropocene epoch; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic environment; Archives & records; Aridity; Atmospheric models; Biota; Carbon cycle; climate; Contaminants; Cryosphere; Earth and Environmental Science; energy; Energy balance; Environment; Environmental changes; Environmental impact; Environmental monitoring; Environmental Physics; Environmental policy; Fingerprinting; Fish populations; Flooding; Fluxes; Freshwater; Freshwater fishes; global carbon budget; global change; Global climate; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Human influences; humans; Inland water environment; Measurement; Microplastics; Mitigation; Monitoring; paleoecology; Planets; Reservoir sedimentation; rivers; Salmon; Security; Sediment; Sediment composition; Sediment dynamics; Sedimentation; Sediments; Soil contamination; Soil dynamics; Soil erosion; Soil Science & Conservation; subwatersheds; Temporal resolution; Tropical climate; Water security; Watersheds; Climate change; Paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Sediment-associated contaminants; Sediment archives; Freshwater biota; Cryosphere

Purpose Humanity has been modifying the planet in a measurable way for thousands of years. Recently, this influence has been such that some feel we are in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. This review will describe how soil erosion and sediment dynamics have (i) been used to assess the impac...