Nitrate content and potential microbial signature of rock glacier outflow, Colorado Front Range

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1032-1047

  Williams, M W ^a   Knauf, M ^a   Cory, R ^a   Caine, N ^a   Liu, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; DOC; Microbe; Nitrate; PARAFAC; Rock glacier

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; SNOW;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; END-MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SIGNATURE; ROCK GLACIER;

GLACIERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GLACIERS; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; SNOW;

AUTUMN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; OUTFLOW; ROCK GLACIER; TESTING METHOD;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; GREEN LAKES VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250890184     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1455     Document Type: Article

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