Controls on surface water chemistry in the upper Merced River basin, Yosemite National Park, California

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 727-746

  Clow, David W ^a   Mast, M Alisa ^a   Campbell, Donald H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granitic bedrock; Surface water chemistry; Yosemite

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; PH; RIVERS; SILICA; SPRINGS (WATER); SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

CALIFORNIA; GRANITIC BEDROCK; SILICATE MINERAL WEATHERING; SULPHATE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY; UPPER MERCED RIVER BASIN; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

SURFACE WATERS;

GRANITIC BEDROCK; SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, UPPER MERCED RIVER;

EID: 0030136105     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199605)10:5<727::aid-hyp316>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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