Organic and inorganic nitrogen pools in talus fields and subtalus water, Green Lakes Valley, Colorado front range

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1747-1760

  Williams, Mark W ^a   Davinroy, Thomas ^a   Brooks, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Colorado Front Range; Inorganic nitrogen; Organic nitrogen; Snow; Subtalus water; Talus fields

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SNOW; WATER;

ALPINE; SUBTALUS WATER; TALUS FIELDS;

HYDROLOGY;

ALPINE CATCHMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN; SUBTALUS WATER; TALUS;

USA, COLORADO, FRONT RANGE, GREEN LAKES VALLEY;

EID: 0031252101     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19971030)11:13<1747::aid-hyp603>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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