Physical and chemical properties of the Sulphur Mountain thermal springs, Banff National Park, and implications for endangered snails

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1349-1361

  Grasby, Stephen E ^a   Lepitzki, Dwayne A W ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SNOW; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE;

CIRCULATION DEPTH; SNAILS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

DISCHARGE; FOOD SUPPLY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; SNAIL; SNOWMELT; THERMAL SPRING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0036025934     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-056     Document Type: Article

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