Change in snowpack, soil water, and streamwater chemistry with elevation during 1990, Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 114-136

  Stottlemyer, Robert ^a   Troendle, Charles A ^b   Markowitz, Dan ^c  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ZONE; CATION; ELEVATION EFFECT; FRASER EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SNOWPACK WATER EQUIVALENT; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SNOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGY;

ASPECT; ELEVATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; SNOWPACK; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY;

USA, COLORADO, FRASER EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

EID: 0031213656     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03241-6     Document Type: Article

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