Selenium mass balance in the Great Salt Lake, Utah

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2333-2341

  Diaz, Ximena ^a   Johnson, William P ^a   Naftz, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Se loads; Se removal fluxes; Sedimentation Se flux; Volatile Se flux

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; GEOMETRIC MEAN VALUES; GREAT SALT LAKES; MASS BALANCES; REMOVAL PROCESS; SE LOADS; SE REMOVAL FLUXES; SEDIMENTATION FLUXES; SEDIMENTATION SE FLUX; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SELENIUM REMOVALS; TRACE METALS; VOLATILE SE FLUX;

CHLORIDE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; FLUXES; LAKES; METAL RECOVERY; NONMETALS; SEDIMENTATION; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SALT REMOVAL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; MASS BALANCE; SEDIMENTATION; SELENIUM; VOLATILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; SELENIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTAH; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 60349115411     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.029     Document Type: Article

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