Temporal variability of selected dissolved elements in the lower Orinoco River, Venezuela

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 476-485

  Mora, Abrahan ^a   Alfonso, Juan A ^b   Sánchez, Luzmila ^a   Calzadilla, Malvis ^a   Silva, Soraya ^b   LaBrecque, John J ^b   Azócar, José A ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Major cations; Orinoco; Trace elements; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; EROSION; FELDSPAR; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; ZINC;

DISSOLVED ELEMENTS; EVAPORITE; EVAPORITES; FELDSPAR WEATHERINGS; HIGH WATERS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; LOW WATERS; MAJOR CATIONS; MN CONCENTRATIONS; ORINOCO; SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; TEMPORAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; VENEZUELA; WATER CHEMISTRIES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALKALINITY; CATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; EVAPORITE; PH; RIVER WATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ORINOCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 61749104491     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7159     Document Type: Article

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