Uncertainty-based assessment of tracer selection, tracer non-conservativeness and multiple solutions in sediment fingerprinting using synthetic and field data

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2101-2116

  Sherriff, Sophie C ^a,b,c   Franks, Stewart W ^c   Rowan, John S ^b   Fenton, Owen ^a   Ó’hUallacháin, Daire ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non conservativeness; Provenance; Sediment fingerprinting; Un mixing; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; MIXING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84941414869     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1123-5     Document Type: Article

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