Accuracy of mixing models in predicting sediment source contributions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-152

  Haddadchi, Arman ^a   Olley, Jon ^a   Laceby, Patrick ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UMR8212   (France)

Author keywords

Mixing models; Sediment tracing; Source contribution

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING; MIXTURES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ARTIFICIAL SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; MIXING MODELS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT TRACING; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

SEDIMENTS;

CORRELATION; MIXING; MODELING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRIBUTION MIXING MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRANITE; GRANITOID; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDWEHR MIXING MODEL; MAIN RANGE VOLCANICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METAMORPHOSED; MIXING MODEL; MODEL; MODIFIED COLLINS MIXING MODEL; MODIFIED HUGHES MIXING MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT; STANDARD ERROR;

EID: 84905844130     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.105     Document Type: Article

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