Mechanisms Controlling World Water Chemistry
- 4 December 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 170 (3962), 1088-1090
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3962.1088
Abstract
On the basis of analytical chemical data for numerous rain, river, lake, and ocean samples, the three major mechanisms controlling world surface water chemistry can be defined as atmospheric precipitation, rock dominance, and the evaporation-crystallization process.Keywords
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