Dissolved and labile concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in the South Fork Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho: Comparisons among chemical equilibrium models and implications for biotic ligand models

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3355-3371

  Balistrieri, Laurie S ^a   Blank, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Geospiza Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COPPER; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISSOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; LEAD ALLOYS; LIGANDS; METALS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMICS; THICK FILMS; VEGETATION; ZINC;

AQUATIC SYSTEMS; BIOTIC LIGAND MODELS; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; COMPLEXATION MODELS; COMPUTER MODELS; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN FILMS; DISSOLVED METAL CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED METALS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; IN CONCENTRATIONS; INORGANIC SPECIATIONS; LABILE METALS; LIGAND SPECIATIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL SPECIATIONS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MULTIPLE METALS; SPECIATION CALCULATIONS; SPECIATION METHODS; STOCKHOLM HUMIC MODELS; STUDY AREAS; THERMODYNAMIC SPECIATIONS;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DISSOLVED MATTER; EQUILIBRIUM; LEAD; LIGAND; MINING; MODELING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC;

COEUR D'ALENE RIVER; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56649115962     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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