Investigator:
Christopher Dutton
Advisor:
Shimon Anisfeld
Start Date:
January, 2011
Description:
I will utilize remote sensing as part of my MESC Thesis, “Sediment fingerprinting in the Mara River: Uncovering relationships between wildlife, tourism and non-point source pollution.”
Remote sensing will assist me in identifying and quantifying several important features that influence the sediment yield: depositional zones, hippo and other wildlife pathways near the river, tourism settlements and other high erosion sites within the riparian zone. I will then use this information to sample those specific areas during my summer field research in Kenya.