Evolution of chemistry along the Bagmati drainage network in Kathmandu valley

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 165-176

  Bhatt, Maya P ^a   McDowell, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Base cations; DOC; DON; Human population density; Nepal; Nitrate; River chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; POSITIVE IONS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

HUMAN POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT ENTERING;

DRAINAGE;

AMMONIA; ANION; CATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; RIVER WATER; SULFATE; SULFITE; SURFACE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; POSITIVE IONS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

AMMONIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; NITRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEPAL; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHERING; WINTER;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34648846750     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9439-4     Document Type: Article

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