Laboratory study on the impact of pH and salinity on the fluorescence signal of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) relevant to groundwaters from a Canadian Shield sampling site

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-139

  Borraro, Vanessa ^a   Riopel, Rémi ^a   Caron, François ^a   Siemann, Stefan ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fulvic material; Groundwater; Humic material; Natural organic matter (NOM)

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN SHIELDS; CHEMICAL PERTURBATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; HUMIC MATERIALS; LABORATORY STUDIES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PARAFAC; SALT CONTENT; SAMPLING SITE; SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THREE COMPONENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TITRATION;

SIGNAL SAMPLING;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FULVIC ACID; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMIC ACID; LABORATORY METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PROTEIN; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 84867083389     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2012.028     Document Type: Article

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