Sediment fingerprinting in fluvial systems: Review of tracers, sediment sources and mixing models

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 560-578

  Haddadchi, Arman ^a   Ryder, Darren S ^b   Evrard, Olivier ^c   Olley, Jon ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Fluvial sampling; Genetic algorithm; Local optimization; Modeling; Source tracing; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892994422     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(14)60013-5     Document Type: Article

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