Chemical composition of groundwater and surface water in the Arctic environment (Petuniabukta region, central Spitsbergen)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 386, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 160-172

  Dragon, Krzysztof ^a   Marciniak, Marek ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Active layer; Arctic regions; Nitrogen; Svalbard; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; REFREEZING; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER CIRCULATION;

CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; SURFACE WATERS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ACTIVE LAYER; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARCTIC; PETUNIABUKTA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 77952110275     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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