Sediment source identification: A review and a case study in some Canadian streams

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1622-1633

  Krishnappan, Bommanna G ^a   Chambers, Patricia A ^a   Benoy, Glenn ^a   Culp, Joseph ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Colour of sediment; Fingerprinting technique; Magnetic properties; Multi parameter approach; Organic matter source; Radionuclides; Sediment source; Stream ecosystem

Indexed keywords

COLOUR OF SEDIMENT; FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUE; MULTI-PARAMETER APPROACH; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCE; RADIONUCLIDES; SEDIMENT SOURCE; STREAM ECOSYSTEM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAND USE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350714277     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-110     Document Type: Article

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