High-temporal resolution fluvial sediment source fingerprinting with uncertainty: A Bayesian approach

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-92

  Cooper, Richard J ^a   Krueger, Tobias ^b   Hiscock, Kevin M ^a   Rawlins, Barry G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian mixing model; Filter papers; Fingerprinting; Uncertainty; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BINARY ALLOYS; CATCHMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

FILTER PAPERS; FINGERPRINTING; MIXING MODELS; UNCERTAINTY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920558889     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3621     Document Type: Article

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