Hydrogeochemistry and transport of organic contaminants in an urban watershed of Chesapeake Bay (USA)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 901-915

  Foster, Gregory D ^a   Roberts Jr, Eldon C ^a   Gruessner, Barry ^b   Velinsky, David J ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034030941     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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