Storm event patterns of particulate organic carbon (POC) for large storms and differences with dissolved organic carbon (DOC)

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 61-81

  Dhillon, Gurbir Singh ^a,b   Inamdar, Shreeram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Organic carbon; Runoff; Storm events; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896391884     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9905-6     Document Type: Article

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