Quantitative sediment source attribution with compound-specific isotope analysis in a C3 plant-dominated catchment (central Switzerland)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1587-1596

  Alewell, Christine ^a   Birkholz, Axel ^a   Meusburger, Katrin ^a   Schindler Wildhaber, Yael ^a,b   Mabit, Lionel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^c Agric and Biotechnology Laboratory   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGA; C3 PLANT; CATCHMENT; COMPLEXITY; FATTY ACID; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 84962533374     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-1587-2016     Document Type: Article

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