Diel cycles in dissolved metal concentrations in streams: Occurrence and possible causes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Nimick, David A ^a   Gammons, Christopher H ^b   Cleasby, Thomas E ^a   Madison, James P ^c   Skaar, Don ^d   Brick, Christine M ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Manganese; Montana; Sorption; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

DIEL CYCLES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SORPTION; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

EID: 1542638018     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001571     Document Type: Article

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