Arsenic mobilization in the hyporheic zone of a contaminated stream

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3441-3450

  Nagorski, Sonia A ^a   Moore, Johnnie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MOBILIZATION; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032694759     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900204     Document Type: Article

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