Formation of mixed Al-Fe colloidal sorbent and dissolved-colloidal partitioning of Cu and Zn in the Cement Creek - Animas River Confluence, Silverton, Colorado

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1467-1484

  Schemel, Laurence E ^a   Kimball, Briant A ^b   Runkel, Robert L ^c   Cox, Marisa H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; IRON; PH EFFECTS; RIVERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZINC;

HYDROUS FE OXIDES (HFO); MIXING ZONE DOWNSTREAM; SHORT TRAVEL TIME;

SORBENTS;

ALUMINUM; COLLOID; COPPER; IRON; MIXING; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZINC;

ANIMAS RIVER; CEMENT CREEK; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250649651     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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