A novel sediment fingerprinting method using filtration: Application to the Mara River, East Africa

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1708-1723

  Dutton, Christopher ^a   Anisfeld, Shimon C ^a   Ernstberger, Helmut ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian mixing model; East Africa; Filtration; Hippopotamus; Sediment fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

FECES; FILTRATION; MIXING; SEDIMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MARA RIVER;

EID: 84887318620     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0725-z     Document Type: Article

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