Using biomarkers as fingerprint properties to identify sediment sources in a small catchment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 557-558, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-133

  Chen, Fangxin ^a,c   Fang, Nufang ^a,b   Shi, Zhihua ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Fingerprint; N alkanes; Sediment; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; FORESTRY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PALMPRINT RECOGNITION; PARAFFINS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

FINGERPRINT; FINGERPRINTING METHODS; GENETIC-ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; N-ALKANES; SOIL EROSION;

BIOMARKERS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; CATCHMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE FINGERPRINTING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION;

EID: 84960959739     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.028     Document Type: Article

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