Source identification of fine-grained suspended sediment in the Kharaa River basin, northern Mongolia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-87

  Theuring, Philipp ^a   Collins, Adrian L ^b   Rode, Michael ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Mongolia; Sediment source fingerprinting; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EROSION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MONGOLIA; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEMIARID CATCHMENTS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

RIVERS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BORON; CALCIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; URANIUM;

BANK EROSION; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONGOLIA; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

KHARAA BASIN; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84928314819     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.134     Document Type: Article

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