Impact of lake level change on deep-water renewal and oxic conditions in deep saline Lake Van, Turkey

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Kaden, Heike ^a   Peeters, Frank ^a   Lorke, Andreas ^b   Kipfer, Rolf ^c,d   Tomonaga, Yama ^c   Karabiyikoglu, Mustafa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; DEEP-WATER RENEWALS; DEEPWATER; EASTERN TURKEY; FRESHWATER INFLOW; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; LAKE LEVELS; LONG LASTING; MIXING CONDITIONS; OXIC CONDITIONS; SALINE LAKE; TRANSIENT TRACERS; WINTER COOLING;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEON; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; PUMPS; SALINE WATER; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

LAKES;

DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFLOW; LAKE LEVEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGENATION; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

LAKE VAN; TURKEY;

EID: 78249269826     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008555     Document Type: Article

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