Weathering reactions and hyporheic exchange controls on stream water chemistry in a glacial meltwater stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 15-1-15-17

  Gooseff, Michael N ^a,d   McKnight, Diane M ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^b   Blum, Alex E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chemical weathering; Flow path; Hyporheic zone; Stream

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; LAKES; ORGANIC MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE CONTROL;

GLACIERS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MELTWATER; STREAMFLOW;

ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 0037001202     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000834     Document Type: Article

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