Auxiliary Material for Paper 2010JF001947 

A Rouse-based method to integrate the chemical composition of river sediments: Application to the Ganga basin

Maarten Lupker, Christian France-Lanord, and Jerome Lave
CRPG-CNRS, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France

Julien Bouchez
IPG, Paris, France
GFZ-Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Valier Galy
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

Francois Metivier and Jerome Gaillardet
IPG, Paris, France

Bruno Lartiges
LEM, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France

Jean-Louis Mugnier
ISTerre, Saint-Martin D’Heres, France

Lupker, M., C. France-Lanord, J. Lave, J. Bouchez, V. Galy, F. Metivier, J. Gaillardet, B. Lartiges, and J.-L. Mugnier (2011), A Rouse-based method to integrate the chemical composition of river sediments: Application to the Ganga basin, J. Geophys. Res., 116, F04012, doi:10.1029/2010JF001947.

Introduction

The auxiliary material comprises the river velocity profiles, sediment chemical analysis and sediment grain size analyses that have been sampled in the Himalayan system and used in this paper. 



1. 2010jf001947-ts01.txt 

Water velocity profiles of the vertical water columns that have been sampled and used in this work. The velocity profiles were optioned by stacking ADCP measured profiles during the sampling procedure.


2. 2010jf001947-ts02.txt 

Laser diffraction grain size analysis of all Ganga sediment samples used in this work.

3. 2010jf001947-ts03.txt 

Major and trace element composition of all Ganga sediment samples used in this work.


4. 2010jf001947-ts04.txt 

Average gauged water level of the Ganga at Harding Bridge in Bangladesh for the period 1981-2005 (Station #90). Data from Water Resource Planning Organisation (WARPO) - Bangaldesh.


5. 2010jf001947-ts05.txt

Detailed modeled Ganga sediment composition with 0.68N confidence interval. Elements marked with a star could not be modeled as their abundance was not found to be grain size dependent.


6. 2010jf001947-ts06.txt 

Major element composition of Himalayan front river sediments, sampled on the Ganga, Narayani and Karnali.


7. 2010jf001947-ts07.txt 

Major element composition and sampling location of the Siwalik sediments used to constrain the Siwalik chemical composition.


8. 2010jf001947-ts08.txt 

Major element composition of dredged bedlam samples covering the Ganga floodplain.


9. 2010jf001947-ts09.xls

Excel spreadsheet containing Tables S1--S8.