Long-term trends in alkalinity in large rivers of the conterminous US in relation to acidification, agriculture, and hydrologic modification

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 488-489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 280-289

  Stets, E G ^a   Kelly, V J ^a   Crawford, C G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Alkalinity; Environmental history; Rivers; Trends; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ALKALINITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; LIME; NITRATES; POSITIVE IONS; RIVERS; WEATHERING;

ACID DEPOSITION; CARBONATE SATURATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; TRENDS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI;

PH;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CATION; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; RIVER WATER; SOLUTE; SULFATE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ALTAMAHA RIVER; CALIFORNIA; GEORGIA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACID DEPOSITION; ALKALINITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; RIVERS; TRENDS; WEATHERING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84900539185     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.054     Document Type: Article

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