Transport of trace elements under different seasonal conditions: Effects on the quality of river water in a Mediterranean area

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2777-2794

  Cidu, Rosa ^a   Biddau, Riccardo ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND; PORE-SIZE FILTERS; WATERS SAMPLING;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; SALINITY; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36248969631     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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