Dissolved silicate retention and transport in cascade reservoirs in Karst area, Southwest China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1667-1675

  Wang, Fushun ^a   Yu, Yuanxiu ^b   Liu, Congqiang ^c   Wang, Baoli ^c   Wang, Yuchun ^d   Guan, Jin ^c   Mei, Hangyuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Cascade reservoir; Dissolved silicate; Retention; Wujiang river

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; RIVERS; SILICATES;

BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CASCADE RESERVOIRS; FLUVIAL FLUXES; HEAD WATERS; RETENTION; SOURCE AND SINK; SOUTHWEST CHINA; WATER COLUMNS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BICARBONATE; NITRATE; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; SILICON; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPILIMNION; HEADWATER; KARST; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RETENTION; SILICATE; SILICON; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROPOWER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EROSION; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT; WEATHERING; CHEMISTRY; PH; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; WUJIANG BASIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952986846     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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