Weathering fluxes of arsenic from a small catchment in Slovak Republic

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 549-555

  Melegy, Ahmed ^a   Slaninka, Igor ^b   Pačes, Tomas ^c   Rapant, Stanislav ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Geological Survey of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Catchment; Mechanical erosion; Slovak Republic; Weathering rates

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC FLUXES; ARSENIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CZECH REPUBLIC; HIGH RATE; LOW LEVEL; MASS BALANCE; MECHANICAL EROSION; SLOVAK REPUBLIC; SMALL CATCHMENT; STEADY STATE; STREAM DISCHARGE; WEATHERING RATES;

ARSENIC; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKES; MICA; RUNOFF; SILICA; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

CATCHMENTS;

ARSENIC; BEDROCK; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRANODIORITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGOLITH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WEATHERING RATE;

BRATISLAVSKY; CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA; VYDRICA BASIN;

EID: 80052067982     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0878-7     Document Type: Article

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