The Apure River: Geochemistry of major and selected trace elements in an Orinoco River tributary coming from the Andes, Venezuela

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 3798-3810

  Mora, Abrahan ^a,b   Baquero, Juan Carlos ^c,d   Alfonso, Juan A ^e   Pisapia, Daniel ^a   Balza, Laura ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

^d Departamento de Gestión de Aguas   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Apure River; Dissolved elements; Floodplain; Geochemistry; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

APURE RIVER; BINDING CAPACITIES; CD CONCENTRATIONS; DILUTION PROCESS; DISSOLVED ELEMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EVAPORITES; FLOOD PLAINS; HIGH WATER; LOW WATER; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROBIAL DECAY; ORGANIC COLLOIDS; ORGANIC COMPLEXATION; PH-DEPENDENT; REDOX CONDITION; REDOX PROCESS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; RIVER TRIBUTARIES; RIVER WATER; SUBMERGED PLANTS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VENEZUELA;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CADMIUM; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SILICATES; SILICON; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLUBILITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEGETATION; WEATHERING; ZINC;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; LITHOLOGY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIBUTARY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANDES; APURE RIVER; ORINOCO RIVER; VENEZUELA;

EID: 78249234932     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7801     Document Type: Article

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