Metal transport to karst springs during storm flow: An example from Fort Campbell, Kentucky/Tennessee, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 20-36

  Vesper, Dorothy J ^a   White, William B ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Ground water; Karst hydrology; Metals; Sediment transport; Springs

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIMESTONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

METAL TRANSPORT;

HEAVY METALS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGRAPH; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; SPRING WATER;

FORT CAMPBELL; KENTUCKY; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038616174     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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