The application of sediment fingerprinting to floodplain and lake sediment cores: assumptions and uncertainties evaluated through case studies in the Nene Basin, UK

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2132-2154

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Floodplain sediment; Mineral magnetism; Palaeolimnology; River catchments; Sediment fingerprinting; Tracers

Indexed keywords

FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

NESOCHEN SANDVICENSIS;

EID: 84941414483     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1136-0     Document Type: Article

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