Importance of groundwater sulfate to acidification in the Goose River watershed, Maine

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Sidle, William C ^a   Allen, Derrick ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

18O; 34S; Acidification; Maine; Sulfate; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; DEPOSITION; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

AERATION; GRANITOIDS; STREAMS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS;

GROUNDWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RIVER WATER; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANSER SP.;

EID: 6344278349     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003101     Document Type: Article

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