Barium and high explosives in a semiarid alluvial system, Cañon de Valle, New Mexico

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 744-759

  Reid, Kevin D ^a   Reneau, Steven L ^b   Newman, Brent D ^b   Hickmott, Donald D ^b  

^a TerranearPMC   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CHANNEL SCOUR; DISCHARGED EFFLUENTS; FLOOD-PLAINS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOMORPHIC MAPPING; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; NEW MEXICO; RDX (HEXAHYDRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRINITRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRIAZINE); STRONG CORRELATION; SURFACE PROCESS; SUSPENDED LOADS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WET PERIOD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; BARIUM; EFFLUENTS; EXPLOSIVES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 33750222107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0174     Document Type: Article

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