A mixing model to incorporate uncertainty in sediment fingerprinting

Geoderma

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-180

  Nosrati, Kazem ^a   Govers, Gerard ^b   Semmens, Brice X ^c   Ward, Eric J ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian mixing model; Hiv catchment; Mixing model; Sediment source; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; MIXING MODELS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SOIL EROSION CONTROLS; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

CATCHMENTS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; ORCHARDS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; EROSION CONTROL; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 84891141457     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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