Thawing glacial and permafrost features contribute to nitrogen export from Green Lakes Valley, Colorado Front Range, USA

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 413-430

  Barnes, Rebecca T ^a,b   Williams, Mark W ^a   Parman, Jordan N ^a   Hill, Ken ^a   Caine, Nel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Climate change; Cryosphere; Mountain ecosystems; Nitrification; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOSPHERE; GROWING SEASON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INORGANIC SALT; MELTWATER; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THAWING;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; GREEN LAKES VALLEY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897470927     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9886-5     Document Type: Article

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