Use of mineral magnetic measurements to fingerprint suspended sediment sources: Approaches and techniques for data analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 353-372

  Walden, J ^a   Slattery, M C ^b   Burt, T P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Modelling; Sediment sources; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; MINERAL MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

ALGORITHMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

HYDROLOGY;

MAGNETIC MINERAL; PROVENANCE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0031415021     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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