The Serchio River catchment, northern Tuscany: Geochemistry of stream waters and sediments, and isotopic composition of dissolved sulfate

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1513-1543

  Cortecci, Gianni ^a   Dinelli, Enrico ^b   Boschetti, Tiziano ^c   Arbizzani, Paola ^d   Pompilio, Loredana ^c   Mussi, Mario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d ECO TER srl Servizi Integrati per Ecologia e Territorio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; OXIDATION; STREAM FLOW;

DISSOLVED SULFATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STREAM WATERS;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOLOMITE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STREAMWATER; SULFATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIMIA RIVER; SERCHIO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 43949121888     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.031     Document Type: Article

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