A case study considering the comparability of mass and volumetric suspended sediment data

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4051-4060

  Hubbart, Jason A ^a   Kellner, Elliott ^a   Freeman, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hinkson creek; Land use; Laser diffraction analysis; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LAND USE; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; HINKSON CREEK; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; REAL-TIME INSTRUMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLUMETRIC CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEARITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VOLUME;

EID: 84899428201     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2788-y     Document Type: Article

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