Application of the stable isotope composition of SO4 to tracing anomalous TDS in Nose Creek, southern Alberta, Canada

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 567-575

  Grasby, S E ^a   Hutcheon, I ^a   Krouse, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POLLUTION SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SULPHATE; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA, ALBERTA, NOSE CREEK;

EID: 0030809145     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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