Natural and anthropogenic budgets of a small watershed in the Massif Central (France): Chemical and strontium isotopic characterization of water and sediments

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Négrel, Philippe ^a   Deschamps, Pierre ^a,b  

^a Direction de la Recherche   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic inputs; Dissolved load; Erosion rates; France; Massif Central; Rain water; Small watershed; Strontium isotopes; Weathering state

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUT; DISSOLVED LOAD; EROSION; EROSION RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RAINWATER; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATERSHED STUDY; WEATHERING STATE;

FRANCE, MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 0030432749     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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