Episodic lake acidification in the Sierra Nevada, California

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2793-2804

  Leydecker, Al ^a   Sickman, James O ^a   Melack, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; LAKE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; NITRATES; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ANION CONCENTRATIONS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; LAKE ACIDIFICATION; LINEAR MODELING; PRIMARY FACTORS; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; SULFATE DEPOSITION;

LAKES;

EID: 0032826108     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900151     Document Type: Article

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