Tracing sediment loss from eroding farm tracks using a geochemical fingerprinting procedure combining local and genetic algorithm optimisation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5461-5471

  Collins, A L ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Grenfell, S E ^a,b   Smith, P ^c  

^a Environment Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farm tracks; Genetic algorithm; Local optimisation; Mitigation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; DATA SETS; ENGLAND; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; GLOBAL SEARCH; INITIAL VALUES; LOCAL OPTIMISATION; LOCAL SEARCHING; MASS BALANCE; MITIGATION; MONTE CARLO; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; SEDIMENT LOSS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SUBCATCHMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT SOURCES;

CATCHMENTS; FARMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EROSION; FARM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MASS BALANCE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; KINETICS; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; PIDDLE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956872173     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.066     Document Type: Article

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