Spring geochemistry in an active volcanic environment (São Miguel, Azores): Source and fluxes of inorganic solutes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 475-489

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Chemical weathering; Groundwater; Solute fluxes; Volcanic islands

Indexed keywords

AZORES; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; INORGANIC SOLUTES; MINERALIZED WATER; SOLUTE FLUX; VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ISLANDS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BEVERAGES; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RIVERS; SODIUM; VOLCANOES;

WEATHERING;

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE ION; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; PUMICE; SURFACE WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEGASSING; GROUNDWATER; SOLUTE; SPRING WATER; VOLCANIC ISLAND; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; VOLCANO; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

AZORES; FOGO VOLCANO; FURNAS VOLCANO; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL;

EID: 84881488116     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.073     Document Type: Article

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