Increased river alkalinization in the eastern U.S.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10302-10311

  Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Likens, Gene E ^b,c   Utz, Ryan M ^d   Pace, Michael L ^e   Grese, Melissa ^a   Yepsen, Metthea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; AIR-WATER EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LONG-TERM TREND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AIR POLLUTION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; PH; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

RIVERS;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; WATER;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ALKALINIZATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; AIR; ALKALINITY; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; LAND USE; MINING; RIVER; SEA; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING;

UNITED STATES;

ACID RAIN; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RIVERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884271836     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401046s     Document Type: Article

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