The episodic acidification of a stream with elevated concentrations of dissolved organic carbon

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2663-2680

  Wellington, Brian I ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Episodic acidification; Flowpaths; Hubbard Brook; Organic acids; Stream chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CARBON; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ORGANIC ACIDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY (ANC); ACIDIFICATIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); STREAM WATER;

STREAM FLOW;

ACIDIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC ACID; SNOWMELT; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244226403     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5574     Document Type: Article

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