Chemical mass balance and rates of mineral weathering in a high-elevation catchment, West Glacier Lake, Wyoming

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 745-764

  Finley, Jim B ^a,b   Drever, James I ^b  

^a MFG Incorporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; WEATHERING;

CATCHMENTS; MASS BALANCE;

MINERALS;

CATCHMENT STUDY; MASS BALANCE; WEATHERING;

USA, WYOMING, GLACIER LAKE;

EID: 0031156192     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199706)11:7<745::aid-hyp521>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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