Determining the source of stream contamination in a karst-water system, southwest Virginia, USA

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 327-334

  Younos, Tamim ^a   Kaurish, Fred W ^b   Brown, Terri ^c   De Leon, Raymond ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Dept of Environ Quality   (United States)

^c Virginia Dept of Conserv and Recr   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye tracing; Ground water; Karst water; Spring flow; Stream contamination; Stream monitoring; Surface water

Indexed keywords

CAVES; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

SINKHOLES; STREAM CONTAMINATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

KARST HYDROLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRACER;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0035018431     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2001.tb00972.x     Document Type: Article

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