Hydrogeochemistry and rare earth element behavior in a volcanically acidified watershed in Patagonia, Argentina

Chemical Geology

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 249-267

  Gammons, Christopher H ^a   Wood, Scott A ^b   Pedrozo, Fernando ^c   Varekamp, Johan C ^d   Nelson, Bethany J ^b   Shope, Christopher L ^a   Baffico, Gustavo ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Adsorption; Argentina; Crater lake; Geochemistry; Limnology; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ACID WATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK; WATERSHED;

EID: 27644580927     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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