Baseline models of trace elements in major aquifers of the United States

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1560-1570

  Lee, Lopaka ^a   Helsel, Dennis ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POTABLE WATER; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYING; WATER QUALITY;

BASELINE MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA); POTABLE GROUNDWATER; REGRESSION ON ORDER STATISTICS (ROS);

TRACE ELEMENTS;

AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23044473847     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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