Application of geologic map information to water quality issues in the southern part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Maryland and Virginia, eastern United States

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 355-376

  McCartan, Lucy ^a   Peper, John D ^a   Bachman, L Joseph ^a   Horton Jr , J Wright ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid neutralization; Chesapeake; Denitrification; Geologic map; Lithogeochemical; Lithologic; Rock water interaction

Indexed keywords

UNITED STATES;

CLAY; DENITRIFICATION; FELDSPAR; GROUNDWATER; MAPS; QUARTZ; RIVERS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; CHESAPEAKE; GEOLOGICAL MAP; LITHOGEOCHEMICAL; ROCK WATER INTERACTION;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

CHEASAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345493855     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(98)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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