Apportioning catchment scale sediment sources using a modified composite fingerprinting technique incorporating property weightings and prior information

Geoderma

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 249-261

  Collins, A L ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Webb, L ^c   King, P ^c  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sector; England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative; Monte Carlo; Prior information; Sediment mitigation; Sediment source fingerprinting; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTOR; ENGLAND; MONTE CARLO; PRIOR INFORMATION; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RUNOFF; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BANK EROSION; CATCHMENT; LAND USE; MASS BALANCE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT YIELD;

ENGLAND; SOMERSET; SOMERSET LEVELS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76649100732     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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