Annual maxima in Zn concentrations during spring snowmelt in streams impacted by mine drainage

Environmental Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 1447-1454

  Brooks, P D ^a   McKnight, D M ^b   Bencala, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Colorado; Snowmelt; Zn concentration

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; MINES; PYRITES; ROCKS; SAMPLING; SOILS; ZINC;

CATION EXCHANGE SITES;

GEOLOGY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MINE DRAINAGE; SNOWMELT; SPRING (SEASON); STREAM; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034775732     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100338     Document Type: Article

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