Use of tracers to quantify subsurface flow through a mining pit

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Schladow, S Geoffrey ^a,b   Clark, Jordan F ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear Lake, California, USA; Mine pit; Neon 22; Rhodamine WT; Sulfur hexafluoride; Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine; Tracer

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MERCURY; RHODAMINE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MINING; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; MINING; RHODAMINES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67449107318     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0998.1     Document Type: Article

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