Characterisation of fluorescence background in dye tracing

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 492-498

  Smart, C C ^a   Karunaratne, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Dye tracing; Fluorescence; Natural organic matter; Ontario

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; FLUORESCENCE; SCANNING; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DYE TRACING;

DYES;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DYE; FLUORESCENCE; KARST HYDROLOGY; TRACER;

CANADA;

EID: 0036705530     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-001-0510-y     Document Type: Article

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