Quantifying contributions to stream salinity using electromagnetic induction and hydrochemistry in a small Texas coastal-plain basin

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2207-2224

  Paine, Jeffrey G ^a   Nance, H S ^a   Collins, Edward W ^a   Niemann, Kerry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ESTUARIES; OIL FIELDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

SALINE BASEFLOW; SALINITY; SALINIZATION;

SALINE WATER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SALINIZATION; SEAWATER; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; NUECES COUNTY; PETRONILA CREEK; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848879810     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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