Mobile sediment in an urbanizing karst aquifer: Implications for contaminant transport

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-38

  Mahler, B J ^a,b   Lynch, L ^a   Bennett, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Karst; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; KARST; MOBILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343986389     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050434     Document Type: Article

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