Water quality of lowland, permeable Chalk rivers: The Frome and Piddle catchments, west Dorset, UK

Hydrology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-91

  Howden, N J K ^a   Neal, C ^b   Wheater, H S ^c   Kirk, S ^d  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AVERAGE VALUES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CALCIUM BICARBONATE; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; DOMINANT SPECIES; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; HYDROXIDE IONS; LOWLAND CATCHMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER WATER; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; SPRING WATER; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRACE METAL;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROXIDE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PH; PHOSPHORUS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; FROME BASIN; PIDDLE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951740145     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.102     Document Type: Article

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