Regional variations in water quality and relationships to soil and bedrock weathering in the southern Sacramento Valley, California, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1512-1523

  Wanty, Richard B ^a   Goldhaber, Martin B ^a   Morrison, Jean M ^a   Lee, Lopaka ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MATERIALS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; REGIONAL PATTERN; REGIONAL VARIATION; SIERRA NEVADA; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE-WATER CHEMISTRY; THERMAL SPRINGS; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; FORESTRY; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; SILICA; SODIUM; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACES; SURVEYS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651160340     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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