The groundwater geochemistry of the Bengal Basin: Weathering, chemsorption, and trace metal flux to the oceans

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2117-2136

  Dowling, Carolyn B ^a   Poreda, Robert J ^a   Basu, Asish R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; WEATHERING;

ASIA; BENGAL BASIN;

EID: 0038269951     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01306-6     Document Type: Article

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