Modeling metals transport and sediment/water interactions in a mining impacted mountain stream

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1603-1615

  Caruso, Brian S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metals; Mining waste; Modeling; Sediment; Transport; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; METALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

BED SEDIMENTS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SHALLOW GROUND WATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12244275735     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01609.x     Document Type: Article

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