A GIS-based kriging approach for assessing Lake Ontario sediment contamination

Great Lakes Geographer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Jakubek, Daniel J ^a   Forsythe, K Wayne ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; GIS; Interpolation; Kriging; Lake Ontario; Sediment

Indexed keywords

GIS; KRIGING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; POLLUTION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25444498341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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