Application of a confluence-based sediment-fingerprinting approach to a dynamic sedimentary catchment, New Zealand

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 812-829

  Vale, S S ^a,b   Fuller, I C ^a   Procter, J N ^a   Basher, L R ^c   Smith, I E ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Zealand; River catchments; Sediment erosion; Sediment fingerprinting; Sediment geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

NEW ZEALAND; RIVER CATCHMENT; SEDIMENT EROSION; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

MANAWATU RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84958113964     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10611     Document Type: Article

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