Hydrogeochemistry of shallow groundwater in an upland Scottish catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1111-1127

  Soulsby, C ^a   Chen, M ^a   Ferrier, R C ^b   Helliwell, R C ^b   Jenkins, A ^c   Harriman, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; SPRINGS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; WEATHERING;

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ACIDIFICATION; BASE CATION; BIOTITE; CHEMICAL HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PLAGIOCLASE; UPLAND SCOTTISH CATCHMENT;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RUNOFF;

UK, SCOTLAND, CAIRNGORMS;

EID: 3543149627     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19980615)12:7<1111::AID-HYP633>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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