Controlling processes in a CaCO3 precipitating stream in Huanglong Natural Scenic District, Sichuan, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 34-54

  Lu, G ^a,b   Zheng, C ^a   Donahoe, R J ^a   Berry Lyons, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous chemistry; Calcium carbonate; Precipitation; Stream; Travertine; Vaterite

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHINA; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; MODEL; PH; PRECIPITATION; STREAM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DAMS; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

AQUEOUS CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CARBON DIOXIDE OUT GASSING; CONTROLLING PROCESSES; TRAVERTINE; VATERITE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAMWATER; TRAVERTINE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA;

EID: 0034725106     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00171-2     Document Type: Article

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