Influence of bedrock geology on water chemistry of slope wetlands and headwater streams in the southern rocky mountains

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-261

  Nelson, Monique Laperriere ^a,c   Rhoades, Charles C ^b   Dwire, Kathleen A ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Dissolved organic carbon; Groundwater dependent ecosystems; Subalpine forests; Weatherable minerals

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; BEDROCK; BRYOPHYTE; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEADWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PH; POREWATER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOLUTE; STREAMWATER; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79959920282     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0157-8     Document Type: Article

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