The controls on boreal peatland surface water chemistry in Northern Alberta, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2143-2155

  Whitfield, Colin J ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a   Gibson, John J ^b   Seabert, Tim A ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Boreal; Chemistry; Deuterium excess; Fen; Peat; Retention

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ALBERTA , CANADA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BASE CATIONS; BOREAL; BOREAL CATCHMENTS; BOREAL PEATLANDS; CATION EXCHANGES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EVAPORATIVE CONCENTRATION; FEN COMPLEXES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; INFLUENCE SURFACES; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC SOIL; RUNOFF CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; SURFACE-WATER CHEMISTRY; THROUGHFLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; POSITIVE IONS; RUNOFF; SOILS; WETLANDS;

PH;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PEATLAND; PH; RETENTION; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 76849105119     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7637     Document Type: Article

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