Strontium 87/strontium 86 as a tracer of mineral weathering reactions and calcium sources in an alpine/subalpine watershed, Loch Vale, Colorado

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1335-1351

  Clow, David W ^a,c   Mast, M Alisa ^a,c   Bullen, Tom D ^b,c   Turk, John T ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCIUM; STREAMWATER QUALITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; WEATHERING;

USA, COLORADO, LOCH VALE;

CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINERALS; RIVERS; STRONTIUM; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; GEOLOGIC MATERIALS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MINERAL WEATHERING; MIXING CALCULATIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SUBSURFACE WATERS;

WEATHERING;

EID: 0030616503     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00856     Document Type: Article

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