Selected sediment properties of quaternary deposits, Shelby County, Tennessee: Implications for contaminant hydrogeology and quaternary stratigraphy

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-110

  Larsen, Daniel ^a   Spann, Evan W ^a   McClure, Dessalines M ^a   Gentry, Randy ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; SHELBY COUNTY [TENNESSEE]; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346396699     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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