Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia

Although there have been extensive studies on the hydrological and erosional impacts of logging, relatively little is known about the impacts of conversion into agricultural plantation (namely rubber and oil palm). Furthermore, studies on morphological impacts, sediment-bound chemistry and forens...

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Main Authors: Annammala, Kogila Vani, Nainar, Anand, Mohd Yusoff, Abdul Rahim, Yusop, Zulkifli, Bidin, Kawi, Dominic Walsh, Rory Peter, H. Blake, William, Abdullah, Faizuan, Sugumaran, Dhinesh, Gopal Pillay, Khuneswari
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author Annammala, Kogila Vani
Nainar, Anand
Mohd Yusoff, Abdul Rahim
Yusop, Zulkifli
Bidin, Kawi
Dominic Walsh, Rory Peter
H. Blake, William
Abdullah, Faizuan
Sugumaran, Dhinesh
Gopal Pillay, Khuneswari
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Nainar, Anand
Mohd Yusoff, Abdul Rahim
Yusop, Zulkifli
Bidin, Kawi
Dominic Walsh, Rory Peter
H. Blake, William
Abdullah, Faizuan
Sugumaran, Dhinesh
Gopal Pillay, Khuneswari
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description Although there have been extensive studies on the hydrological and erosional impacts of logging, relatively little is known about the impacts of conversion into agricultural plantation (namely rubber and oil palm). Furthermore, studies on morphological impacts, sediment-bound chemistry and forensic attribution of deposited sediment to their respective sources are scarcer. This chapter introduces the potential for using the multi-proxy sediment finger�printing technique in this context. Featuring pilot projects in two major flood�prone river systems in Malaysia, the studies explore application of geochemistry-based sediment source ascription. The geochemical signatures of sediment mixtures on floodplains were compared to sediments from upstream source tributaries. The tributaries were hypothesised to have differ�ent geochemical signatures in response to dominant land management. The first case study took place in the Segama River system (4,023 km2 ) of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo where a mixture of primary forest, logged-forests
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spelling uthm-69402022-04-17T07:08:19Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6940/ Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia Annammala, Kogila Vani Nainar, Anand Mohd Yusoff, Abdul Rahim Yusop, Zulkifli Bidin, Kawi Dominic Walsh, Rory Peter H. Blake, William Abdullah, Faizuan Sugumaran, Dhinesh Gopal Pillay, Khuneswari TD169-171.8 Environmental protection Although there have been extensive studies on the hydrological and erosional impacts of logging, relatively little is known about the impacts of conversion into agricultural plantation (namely rubber and oil palm). Furthermore, studies on morphological impacts, sediment-bound chemistry and forensic attribution of deposited sediment to their respective sources are scarcer. This chapter introduces the potential for using the multi-proxy sediment finger�printing technique in this context. Featuring pilot projects in two major flood�prone river systems in Malaysia, the studies explore application of geochemistry-based sediment source ascription. The geochemical signatures of sediment mixtures on floodplains were compared to sediments from upstream source tributaries. The tributaries were hypothesised to have differ�ent geochemical signatures in response to dominant land management. The first case study took place in the Segama River system (4,023 km2 ) of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo where a mixture of primary forest, logged-forests Emerald 2019 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6940/1/C1508_aa86a7aa3101b128db5346da5c841fcc.pdf Annammala, Kogila Vani and Nainar, Anand and Mohd Yusoff, Abdul Rahim and Yusop, Zulkifli and Bidin, Kawi and Dominic Walsh, Rory Peter and H. Blake, William and Abdullah, Faizuan and Sugumaran, Dhinesh and Gopal Pillay, Khuneswari (2019) Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia. In: Improving Flood Management, Prediction and Monitoring. Emerald, pp. 49-61.
spellingShingle TD169-171.8 Environmental protection
Annammala, Kogila Vani
Nainar, Anand
Mohd Yusoff, Abdul Rahim
Yusop, Zulkifli
Bidin, Kawi
Dominic Walsh, Rory Peter
H. Blake, William
Abdullah, Faizuan
Sugumaran, Dhinesh
Gopal Pillay, Khuneswari
Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia
title Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia
title_full Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia
title_fullStr Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia
title_short Environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in Malaysia
title_sort environmental forensics: a multi-catchment approach to detect origin of sediment featuring two pilot projects in malaysia
topic TD169-171.8 Environmental protection
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6940/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6940/1/C1508_aa86a7aa3101b128db5346da5c841fcc.pdf