Using multiple chemical indicators to assess sources of nitrate and age of groundwater in a karstic spring basin

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-346

  Katz, Brian ^a   Copeland, Rick ^b   Greenhalgh, Tom ^b   Ceryak, Ron ^c   Zwanka, Warren ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Florida Geological Survey   (United States)

^c Suwannee River Water Management District   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Groundwater hydrology; Herbicides; Nitrate; Springs

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HERBICIDES; HYDROLOGY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); NITRATES; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; NITRATE;

EID: 33644762208     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/11.4.333     Document Type: Article

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