Geochemistry of four tropical montane watersheds, Central Panama

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 624-640

  Harmon, Russell S ^a,b   Berry Lyons, W ^c,d   Long, David T ^e   Ogden, Fred L ^f   Mitasova, Helena ^b   Gardner, Christopher B ^c   Welch, Kathleen A ^c   Witherow, Rebecca A ^c,d  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; RIVER CONTROL; SILICA; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES; CHEMICAL DENUDATION RATES; CHEMICAL WEATHERINGS; DENUDATION RATES; DRY SEASONS; EROSION RATES; GEOCHEMICAL PATTERNS; GLOBAL CONTEXTS; HEAD WATERS; HYDROTHERMALLY; LITHOLOGIC CONTROLS; MAFIC TERRAINS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; RIVER BASINS; SOLUTE CONTENTS; TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS;

WATERSHEDS;

ANDESITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEADWATER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PH; RAINFOREST; RIVER BASIN; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; TRIBUTARY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATERSHED;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGRES RIVER; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 62849118013     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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