Effect of groundwater springs on NO3/- concentrations during summer in Catskill Mountain streams

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1987-1996

  Burns, Douglas A ^a   Murdoch, Peter S ^a   Lawrence, Gregory B ^a   Michel, Robert L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; SPRING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

AERODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION RATES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SOILS; SPRINGS (WATER); STORMS;

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER SPRINGS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGIC BUDGETS; RESIDENCE TIME MODELS; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0031816527     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR01282     Document Type: Article

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