Sediment source apportionment in Laurel Hill Creek, PA, using Bayesian chemical mass balance and isotope fingerprinting

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2545-2560

  Stewart, Heather A ^a   Massoudieh, Arash ^b   Gellis, Allen ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Maryland Delaware DC Water Science Center ^*  (United States)

^c Maryland Delaware DC Water Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Chemical mass balance; Fingerprinting; Isotopes; MCMC; Sediment source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EROSION; FORESTRY; INFERENCE ENGINES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; FINGERPRINTING; MCMC; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

ISOTOPES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BANK EROSION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

LAUREL HILL CREEK; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929505647     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10364     Document Type: Article

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