Identifying sources of dissolved organic carbon in agriculturally dominated rivers using radiocarbon age dating: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basin, California

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-96

  Sickman, James O ^a   DiGiorgio, Carol L ^b   Davisson, M Lee ^c   Lucero, Delores M ^a   Bergamaschi, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Office of Water Quality   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Radiocarbon; Rivers; Sacramento San Joaquin Delta; XAD resins

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGROCHEMICAL; CLAY SOIL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE BASIN; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESIN; RIVER SYSTEM; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO BASIN; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954035113     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9391-z     Document Type: Article

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