Hydrochemical and isotopic patterns in a calc-alkaline Cu- and Au-rich arid Andean basin: The Elqui River watershed, North Central Chile

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-63

  Oyarzún, Jorge ^a   Carvajal, María José ^a   Maturana, Hugo ^a   Núñez, Jorge ^b   Kretschmer, Nicole ^a   Amezaga, Jaime M ^c   Rötting, Tobias S ^c   Strauch, Gerhard ^d   Thyne, Geoffrey ^e   Oyarzún, Ricardo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b Centro Del Agua Para Zonas Aridas y Semiáridas de América Latina y El Caribe CAZALAC   (Chile)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EVAPORATION PROCESS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; TAILINGS DEPOSITS;

ALKALINITY; ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; COPPER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATIC REGION; EVAPORATION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROXIDE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER;

CHILE; COQUIMBO; ELQUI RIVER;

EID: 84877616272     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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