Whole-watershed mercury balance at Sagehen Creek, Sierra Nevada, CA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2379-2392

  Faïn, Xavier ^a   Obrist, Daniel ^a   Pierce, Ashley ^a   Barth, Cornelia ^a   Gustin, Mae S ^b   Boyle, Douglas P ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RUNOFF; SNOWPACK; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SAGEHEN BASIN; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953213633     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.041     Document Type: Article

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