A preliminary assessment of the spatial sources of contemporary suspended sediment in the Ohio River basin, United States, using water quality data from the NASQAN programme in a source tracing procedure

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 326-334

  Zhang, Y S ^a   Collins, A L ^a   Horowitz, A J ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; Monte Carlo; Routine water quality sampling; Sediment sources; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FINGERPRINTING; MONTE CARLO; ROUTINE WATER QUALITY SAMPLING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; UNCERTAINTY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOBILIZATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; RIVER BASIN; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856107640     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8128     Document Type: Article

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