Assessment of multiple sources of anthropogenic and natural chemical inputs to a morphologically complex basin, Lake Mead, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-43

  Rosen, Michael R ^a   Van Metre, Peter C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Mead; Nevada; Organic contaminants; Paleolimnology; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MEAD; LAKE POWELL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955272646     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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