The Po river water from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea (Italy): new insights from geochemical and isotopic (δ18O-δD) data

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5184-5203

  Marchina, Chiara ^a   Bianchini, Gianluca ^a,b   Natali, Claudio ^a   Pennisi, Maddalena ^b   Colombani, Nicolò ^c   Tassinari, Renzo ^a   Knoeller, Kay ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissolved components; Geochemical fluxes; Geochemical hydro archive; Oxygen hydrogen isotopes; Po plain in northern Italy; Po river

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ITALY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

HYDROGEN; HYDROLOGY; ITALY; NITRATES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925494046     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3750-6     Document Type: Article

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