Isotope geochemistry of drainage from an acid mine impaired watershed, Oakland, California

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1416-1426

  Butler, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Regional Water Quality Control Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PH EFFECTS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORIC WATER LINE; STOICHIOMETRIC ISOTOPE BALANCE MODELS; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

DRAINAGE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; OXIDATION; RECHARGE; SPRING WATER; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; LEONA CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; OAKLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250720675     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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