NGU Report 2007.053 Analysis of Source-to-Sink-Fluxes and Sediment Budgets in Changing High-Latitude and High-Altitude Cold Environments: SEDIFLUX Manual Analysis of Source-to-Sink-Fluxes and Sediment Budgets in Changing High-Latitude and High-Altitude Cold Environments: SEDIFLUX Manual Sedimentary Source-to-Sink-Fluxes in Cold Environments (SEDIFLUX) http://www.ngu.no/sediflux, http://www.esf.org/sediflux Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments (SEDIBUD) http://www.geomorph.org/wg/wgsb.html Analysis of Source-to-Sink-Fluxes and Sediment Budgets in Changing High-Latitude and High-Altitude Cold Environments SEDIFLUX Manual First Edition Editors: Achim A. Beylicha, b & Jeff Warburtonc aGeological Survey of Norway (NGU), Landscape & Climate group, Trondheim, Norway Email:
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[email protected] 1 Analysis of Source-to-Sink-Fluxes and Sediment Budgets in Changing High-Latitude and High-Altitude Cold Environments: SEDIFLUX Manual 2 Analysis of Source-to-Sink-Fluxes and Sediment Budgets in Changing High-Latitude and High-Altitude Cold Environments: SEDIFLUX Manual 3 Analysis of Source-to-Sink-Fluxes and Sediment Budgets in Changing High-Latitude and High-Altitude Cold Environments: SEDIFLUX Manual 4 Analysis of Source-to-Sink-Fluxes and Sediment Budgets in Changing High-Latitude and High-Altitude Cold Environments: SEDIFLUX Manual Content Contributors…………………………………………………………...……...…….9 Preface……………………………………………………………………….……..15 Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………16 PART A – SEDIMENT BUDGET FRAMEWORKS AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF SEDIMENT TRANSFER IN COLD ENVIRONMENTS………………………………………………………...………..17 Chapter 1 – Introduction and background: Sediment fluxes and sediment budgets in changing cold environments – A summary of key issues…………………………………………………………………..…………...19 Fiona S.