Fluvial geochemistry in são miguel island (Azores, Portugal): Source and fluxes of inorganic solutes in an active volcanic environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-169

  Freire, P ^a   Andrade, C ^a   Coutinho, R ^a   Cruz, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Fluvial geochemistry; S o Miguel; Thermal discharges; Volcanoes; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AZORES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MINERALIZED WATER; THERMAL DISCHARGE; VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENT; WATER COMPOSITION; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RIVERS; SODIUM; VOLCANOES;

WATER POLLUTION;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ACIDITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PH; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THERMAL WATER; VOLCANO; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; VOLCANO; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

AZORES; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL;

EID: 84875795868     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.090     Document Type: Article

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