Groundwater seepage into northern San Francisco Bay: Implications for dissolved metals budgets

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 12-1-12-19

  Spinelli, Glenn A ^a   Fisher, Andrew T ^a   Wheat, C Geoffrey ^b   Tryon, Michael D ^c   Brown, Kevin M ^c   Flegal, A Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved metal; Groundwater; Pore water; San Francisco Bay; Sediment water interface

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOIRRIGATION;

GROUNDWATER;

BAY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; METAL; POREWATER; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEEPAGE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036661566     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000827     Document Type: Article

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