Anthropogenic sulfate loads in the Rio Grande, New Mexico (USA)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 194-209

  Szynkiewicz, Anna ^a,b   Witcher, James C ^c   Modelska, Magdalena ^d   Borrok, David M ^b   Pratt, Lisa M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c Witcher and Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arid river; Fertilizers; Rio Grande; Salinization; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ARID RIVER; CL-CONCENTRATIONS; DEPTH RANGE; EVAPORITES; FERTILIZER SOURCES; GROUND SURFACES; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; IRRIGATION WATERS; NEW MEXICO; PALEOZOIC; RIO GRANDE; SALINIZATION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; MANURES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SODIUM; SULFUR; WATER SUPPLY;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SALINIZATION; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

NEW MEXICO; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79953269995     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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