The uncertainties associated with sediment fingerprinting suspended and recently deposited fluvial sediment in the Nene river basin

Geomorphology

Volumn 228, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-319

  Pulley, Simon ^a,b   Foster, Ian ^a,b   Antunes, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

River catchments; Sediment fingerprinting; Sediment sources; Tracers

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER BASIN; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACER;

NESOCHEN SANDVICENSIS;

EID: 84908199118     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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