Trends in the chemistry of precipitation and surface water in a national network of small watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-181

  Aulenbach, Brent T ^a   Hooper, Richard P ^a   Bricker, Owen P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Chemistry of precipitation; Seasonal variation; Statistical methods; Trends; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; PRECIPITATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

USA;

EID: 0030483086     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199602)10:2<151::AID-HYP355>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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