Mineral nitrogen transformations in and under seasonal snow in a high- elevation catchment in the Rocky Mountains, United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3161-3171

  Williams, Mark W ^a   Brooks, Paul D ^a,b   Mosier, Arvin ^c   Tonnessen, Kathy A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; MINERAL; MOFEZOLAC; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RESIN; SNOW; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; CYCLING; ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; ION EXCHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; SOIL; SURFACE SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ALPINE ECOSYSTEM; CHLORIDE TRACER; NITRATE; SNOWMELT RELEASE; SOIL MINERALIZATION;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029659587     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR02240     Document Type: Article

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