Sediment source fingerprinting: Testing hypotheses about contributions from potential sediment sources

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 31-37

  Minella, Jean P G ^a,b   Clarke, Robin T ^a   Merten, Gustavo H ^a   Walling, Des E ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Multivariate mixing model; Optimization; Soil management; Source fingerprinting technique; Suspended sediment; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; MULTIVARIATE MIXING MODEL; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOURCE FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AGRONOMY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DYNAMICS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PROVENANCE; REMEDIATION; RURAL AREA; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62749183724     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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