Fingerprinting of bed sediment in the Tay Estuary, Scotland: An environmental magnetism approach

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1007-1016

  Jenkins, Pierre A ^a   Duck, Rob W ^a   Rowan, John S ^a   Walden, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed sediment; Environmental magnetism; Fingerprinting; Scotland; Tay Estuary

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PROVENANCE;

SCOTLAND (TAYSIDE); TAY ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036926925     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-6-1007-2002     Document Type: Article

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