Contemporary fine-grained bed sediment sources across the River Wensum Demonstration Test Catchment, UK

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 857-884

  Collins, A L ^a,b   Zhang, Y S ^a   Hickinbotham, R ^c   Bailey, G ^a   Darlington, S ^a   Grenfell, S E ^a,d   Evans, R ^d   Blackwell, M ^e  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADAS Gleadthorpe   (United Kingdom)

^d ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Channel banks; Genetic algorithm; Monte Carlo; Road verges; Sediment source apportionment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL BANKS; MONTE CARLO; ROAD VERGES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; UNCERTAINTY;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONVERGENCE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MASS BALANCE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE; PROVENANCE; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WENSUM RIVER;

EID: 84874697400     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9654     Document Type: Article

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