The influence of dissolved organic carbon, suspended particulates, and hydrology on the concentration, partitioning and variability of trace metals in two contrasting Wisconsin watersheds (U.S.A.)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-97

  Shafer, Martin M ^a   Overdier, Joel T ^a   Hurley, James P ^a,b   Armstrong, David ^a   Webb, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental geology; Organic carbon; Partition coefficients; Rivers and streams; Suspended materials; Trace metals; Watersheds; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC; GLACIATED TERRAIN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RIVER WATER QUALITY; STREAM WATER; TRACE METAL; WATERSHED;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030723579     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00139-8     Document Type: Article

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