The identification of sediment sources in a small urban watershed in southern Brazil: An application of sediment fingerprinting

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1145-1153

  Poleto, Cristiano ^a   Merten, Gustavo H ^a   Minella, Jean P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; Sediment chemistry; Sediment sources; Trace elements; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

EFFECTIVE MEASURES; EROSION DYNAMICS; FINGERPRINTING; LAND SURFACE; MAIN COMPONENT; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINFALL EVENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SINGLE EVENT; SOIL PARTICLES; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; STREAM CHANNELS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; UNPAVED ROADS; URBAN HYDROLOGY; URBAN WATERSHED;

SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

LAND SURFACE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER; WATERSHED;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349684497     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903112154     Document Type: Article

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