Controls on stream water dissolved mercury in three mid-Appalachian forested headwater catchments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Riscassi, Ami L ^a,b   Scanlon, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FORCINGS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; NATIONAL PARKS; PER UNIT; PRIMARY CONTROL; SANDY SOILS; SOIL COMPOSITION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL TYPES; STREAM WATER; UV ABSORBANCE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; PARKS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILIZATION; PH; SANDY SOIL; STREAM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84055188762     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010977     Document Type: Article

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