The fate of geothermal arsenic in the Madison and Missouri Rivers, Montana and Wyoming

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3051-3067

  Nimick, David A ^a   Moore, Johnnie N ^b   Dalby, Charles E ^c   Savka, Michael W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation   (United States)

^d Arizona Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SORPTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MADISON RIVER; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; LAKES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DIURNAL CYCLING; GEOTHERMAL TRACERS; MISSOURI RIVERS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SMALL VARIATIONS; SORPTION EQUILIBRIA; SORPTION SITES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

RIVERS;

EID: 0031761361     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01704     Document Type: Article

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