Mixing zone characterization of two transition terrain streams with tracers

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-874

  Divine, Craig E ^a   Clemmer, Ronald L ^a   Bilgin, Azra ^a   Clonts, Jeff ^a   Giordano, Thomas J ^b  

^a ARCADIS   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge permit; Environmental impacts; Point source pollution; Pollution modeling; River mixing zones; Surface water hydrology; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

PHYSICAL MIXING ZONE (PMZ); POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MODELING; RIFFLE ZONES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MIXING; PLUME; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIFFLE; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; TERRAIN; TRACER; TRANSITION ZONE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547098015     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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