Section 6
Sediments in Streams
In this section you will find materials that support the implementation of EarthComm, Section 6: Sediments in Streams.
- To learn more about sediment clean up after a flood, visit the following web sites:
Flooding: About Cleaning up Yards and Public Spaces, Rhode Island Department of Health
Provides suggestions for what to do when a public space is covered with floodwater.
After the Flood, University of Missouri
Explains how to clean up flooded areas.
Flood Safety Checklist, American Red Cross
Suggestions for dealing with a home that has been flooded.
- To learn more about the ways in which types of sediment in a streambed indicate support plans and animals, visit the following web sites:
Rivers and Streams, EPA
Describes some of the different types of habitats that form along a streambed, depending on the materials that accumulate on the streambed.
River Ecosystems, Trinity College
Diagram that shows different types of streams and the ecosystems that form in these streams. Explains the different sediment types that influence various stream ecosystems.
To learn more about this topic, visit the following web sites:
Size Range of Sediments
How fast do sediment grains of different sizes settle?, Vanderbilt University
Activity for investigating the settling rate of sediments of different sizes.
Transportation of Sediment by Streams
Field Exercise: Stream Flow Dynamics and Sedimentation, Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Activity for investigating the relationships between stream profile and flow velocity and between sediment grain-size and flow velocity in an outdoor stream.
How Streams Reduce the Sizes of Sediment Particles
Streams and Drainage Systems, Tulane University
Overview of stream characteristics and stream dynamics, including particle size changes downstream.
Downstream Fining
The nature and controls on downstream fining within sedimentary links, by Rice, S.
Abstract for a paper published in the Journal of Sedimentary Research. Discusses some of the factors involved in the fining and sorting processes of sediment in streams.
Identifying the controls over downstream fining of river gravels, by Hoey, T. and Bluck, B.
Abstract for a paper published in the Journal of Sedimentary Research. Discusses downstream fining in gravel-bed rivers.
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