Selecting Color-based Tracers and Classifying Sediment Sources in the Assessment of Sediment Dynamics Using Sediment Source Fingerprinting

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1605-1616

  Barthod, Louise R M ^a   Liu, Kui ^a   Lobb, David A ^a   Owens, Philip N ^b   Martínez Carreras, Núria ^c   Koiter, Alexander J ^d   Petticrew, Ellen L ^b   McCullough, Gregory K ^a   Liu, Cenwei ^a   Gaspar, Leticia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche Publique Gabriel Lippmann   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; REFLECTION; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

CANONICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; COLOR FINGERPRINTING; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; MONITORING STATIONS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SOURCE DISCRIMINATION; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; STEPWISE DISCRIMINANT;

SEDIMENTS;

RADIOISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALLOUT; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; REFLECTOMETRY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT SOURCE FINGERPRINTING; SOIL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84944322172     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.01.0043     Document Type: Article

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