Geochemistry of a spring-dense karst watershed located in a complex structural setting, Appalachian Great Valley, West Virginia, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 667-678

  Vesper, Dorothy J ^a   Grand, Rachel V ^b   Ward, Kristen ^a   Donovan, Joseph J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate hydrology; Hydrogeology; Karst; Springs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; CLASTIC ROCK; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DELAYED RESPONSE; FAULT ZONE; FLOOD PULSE; FLOW PATH; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; HEAD WATERS; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; KARST; MOLAR RATIO; ORDOVICIAN; SPRING DISCHARGES; SPRING WATER; SPRING-IN; SPRINGS; STORM EVENTS; STRUCTURAL SETTING; THERMAL STABILITY; THRUST FAULTS; VALLEY AND RIDGE; WEST VIRGINIA;

CALCIUM; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; SODIUM; STREAM FLOW; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

CARBONATE; FAULT ZONE; FLOW MODELING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; SPRING WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350637477     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1541-4     Document Type: Article

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