The effects of sampling design on estimating the magnitude and distribution of contaminated sediments in a large reservoir

Environmetrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-102

  Chashechkin, Yu D ^a   Kistovich, Yu V ^a   Smirnov, S A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Lake sediments; Per cent error; Radioactive contaminants; Sampling techniques; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; RESERVOIR; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035146960     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-095X(200102)12:1<81::AID-ENV449>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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