Reach-scale cation exchange controls on major ion chemistry of an Antarctic glacial meltwater stream

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 221-238

  Gooseff, Michael N ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^b   Runkel, Robert L ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion exchange; Major ion chemistry; McMurdo dry valleys; Reactive solute transport; Stream tracer experiment

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; MELTWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 8144230565     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-004-2260-4     Document Type: Article

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