Dominant processes controlling water chemistry of the Pecos River in American southwest

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Yuan, Fasong ^a   Miyamoto, Seiichi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; FLOW OF WATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS); WATER CHEMISTRY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

DILUTION; EVAPORATION; RIVER WATER; SALINE INTRUSION; SALT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; PECOS RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PECOS;

EID: 27544447428     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023359     Document Type: Article

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