Hydrological and geochemical trends and patterns in the upper Rio Grande, 1975 to 1999

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-127

  Passell, Howard D ^a,b   Dahm, Clifford N ^a   Bedrick, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved solids; Long term trends; Major cations and anions; Middle Rio Grande Basin; New Mexico; Surface water hydrology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PH EFFECTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

LINEAR REGRESSION; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY (SC); U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS);

HYDROLOGY;

DISSOLVED MATTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE;

EID: 1842475308     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01014.x     Document Type: Review

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