The use of an ordinary colour scanner to fingerprint sediment sources in the South African Karoo

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 253-262

  Pulley, Simon ^a   Rowntree, Kate ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colour; Inexpensive; Sediment fingerprinting; Sediment sources; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EROSIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COLOR; COLOR SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KAROO; LABORATORY DEVICE; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT COLOR; SEDIMENT EROSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNCERTAINTY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84943609672     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.09.037     Document Type: Article

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