Identifying sources of stream water sulfate after a summer drought in the Sleepers River watershed (Vermont, USA) using hydrological, chemical, and isotopic techniques

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 747-754

  Mayer, B ^a   Shanley, J B ^b   Bailey, S W ^c   Mitchell, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Northern Research Station   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FIRST-ORDER STREAMS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAXIMUM VALUES; MINIMUM VALUE; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RE-WETTING; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SOIL INVESTIGATION; STREAM WATER; SUMMER DROUGHTS; VERMONT;

CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROUGHT; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXIDATION; SILICATES; SODIUM; SOIL MECHANICS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING; WETTING;

RIVERS;

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM; DROUGHT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; SULFIDE (INORGANIC); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

SLEEPERS BASIN; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 77951025856     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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