Evaluation of the dissolved contaminant load transported by the Tinto and Odiel rivers (South West Spain)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1733-1749

  Olias M ^a   Canovas C R ^a   Nieto, J M ^a   Sarmiento, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; ESTUARIES; FLUXES; IMPURITIES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); DISSOLVED CONTAMINANT LOAD; GLOBAL GROSS FLUX;

RIVERS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALUMINUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED LOAD; IRON; MANGANESE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ANDALUCIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CADIZ; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; HUELVA ESTUARY; ODIEL RIVER; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748793072     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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