Origin of dissolved groundwater sulphate in coastal plain sediments of the Rio de la Plata, eastern Argentina

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-328

  Logan, William S ^a   Nicholson, Ronald V ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENT; SULPHATE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0031389750     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009680326095     Document Type: Article

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