OSLA – Loire and its Tributaries Sediment Observation Network

Loire and Tributary Sediment Observation Network (OSLA) Project

Coordination: Marc Desmet

The project addresses the issue of sediment transfer and its impact on the functioning of the hydrosystem and involves the main river partners and managers, as well as research organisations working on this issue. The funded actions, either ongoing or completed, have led to the development of studies whose exploitation will continue, including theses.
(metallic pollutants, organic pollutants, particle transfers...). The network will continue its research activities in conjunction with partners, funders and managers and will broaden its scope to more general questions concerning the mesological functioning of watercourses (groundwater/river relationships, thermal regime...). It is also planned to launch an exchange programme with river workshop areas on the theme of the representativeness of the studied sedimentary sequences in terms of the general quality of large watercourses.