Geochemistry and water dynamics: Application to short time-scale flood phenomena in a small Mediterranean catchment: I. Alkalis, alkali-earths and Sr isotopes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 9-28

  Othman, Dalila Ben ^a   Luck, Jean Marc ^a   Tournoud, Marie George ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropic catchment; Flood; Major elements; River waters; Strontium isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT STUDY; FLOOD; FLOODING; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; RIVER WATEHYDROCHEMISTRY; RIVER WATER CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

FRANCE, LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON, HERAULT, VENE RIVER;

EID: 0031451782     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2541(97)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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