Hydrochemical appraisal of ice- and rock-glacier meltwater in the hyperarid Agua Negra drainage basin, Andes of Argentina

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2180-2195

  Lecomte, Karina L ^a   Milana, Juan Pablo ^b   Formica, Stella M ^a   Depetris, Pedro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes; Meltwater chemistry; PHREEQC; REE; Trace elements; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; GLACIERS; ICE;

ARGENTINA; DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMICAL;

DRAINAGE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; MELTWATER; ROCK GLACIER; SUBLIMATION; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGUA NEGRA BASIN; ANDES; ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 46449100611     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6816     Document Type: Article

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