Seasonal variation in water chemistry and depositional processes in a tufa-bearing stream in SW-Japan, based on 5 years of monthly observations

Chemical Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 33-53

  Kawai, Tatsuya ^a   Kano, Akihiro ^a   Matsuoka, Jun ^b   Ihara, Takuji ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OYO Cooperation Okayama   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freshwater carbonate; Seasonal variation; SW Japan; Tufa; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; LIMESTONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM; TUFA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33746476427     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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