Occurrence, transport, and fate of trace elements, Blue River Basin, Summit County, Colorado: An integrated approach

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 901-913

  Apodaca, L E ^a   Driver, N E ^a   Bails, J B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed sediment; Surface water; Suspended sediment; Trace element concentrations; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; MINING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

BED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034213489     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002549900066     Document Type: Article

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