Multidecadal hydrochemical response of a Sierra Nevada watershed: Sensitivity to weathering rate and changes in deposition

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 272-285

  Meixner, Thomas ^a   Gutmann, Chris ^b   Bales, Roger ^b   Leydecker, Al ^c   Sickman, Jim ^c   Melack, John ^c   McConnell, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Climate variability; Geochemical modeling; Mineral weathering

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICA; SNOW; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION;

HYDROLOGY;

ACID DEPOSITION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WEATHERING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347765967     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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