The parana river under extreme flooding: A hydrological and hydro-geochemical insight

Interciencia

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 656-662

  Depetris, Pedro J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ENSO; Flood plain; Heavy metals; Hundred year flood; Solute sources; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249046878     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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