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Hydrological Sciences

Olivier Evrard

Olivier Evrard is a researcher from the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) at the Laboratory for Climate and Environmental Science (LSCE) at University Paris-Saclay (France). His research focuses on the spatial and temporal patterns of soil erosion, sediment and particle-bound contaminant transfers in river systems. Therefore, he develops sediment tracing techniques relying on a suite of different properties including fallout radionuclides, geochemistry, colour, organic matter and environmental DNA.

International initiatives to solve the challenges to trace sediment and contaminant in river systems

International initiatives to solve the challenges to trace sediment and contaminant in river systems

Soil and water resources that are essential to human and aquatic life are increasingly threatened by human activities and the impacts of land use and climate change. Sediments play hereby a key role, particularly fine sediments with sediment-associated pollutants, which can lead to a substantial degradation of water body quality, such as in rivers and reservoirs. Sediment tracing as a first step t ...[Read More]