Variability of dissolved CO2 in the Pang and Lambourn Chalk rivers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 328-339

  Griffiths, J ^a   Nutter, J ^a   Binley, A ^b   Crook, N ^c   Young, A ^a   Pates, J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Carbon dioxide; Chalk; Groundwater; Lambourn; LOCAR; Pang; pH; River

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DISSOLVED GAS; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAMBOURN RIVER; PANG RIVER; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846431636     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-328-2007     Document Type: Article

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