Variations in sediment sources and yields in the Finger Lakes and Catskills regions of New York.

Abstract

This study used radionuclide tracer analysis to quantify proportional contributions of land surface and stream bank erosion to fine sediment loads in streams. Results for two streams within the Schoharie Creek basin yielded relatively high rates of bank erosion, indicating the importance of glaciolacustrine deposits as importance sources of stream sediment.