Groundwater composition near the nickel-copper smelting industry on the Kola Peninsula, central Barents Region (NW Russia and NE Norway)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2 /2, 1998, Pages 92-107

  De Caritat, Patrice ^a,b   Danilova, Svetlana ^c   Jæger, Øystein ^b   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Storrø, Gaute ^b  

^a c/ Australian Geol Surv Org ^*  (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Central Kola Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Groundwater; ICP MS; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER SMELTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NICKEL SMELTING; PH; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; SMELTING;

NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KOLA PENINSULA;

EID: 0032504060     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00147-4     Document Type: Article

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