Water chemistry variation between lithologies in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado
Rice WJ. 1998. Water chemistry variation between lithologies in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. Colorado State University, Department of Earth Resources
This thesis analyzed the composition and evolution of natural waters in Dinosaur National Monument using techniques such as trilinear diagrams, regressional analysis, comparison statistical methods, ionic ratios and mass-balance modeling. The purpose of the study was to inventory and chemically evaluate water samples from the springs, seeps and 2 wells at one point in time with respect to surrounding lithologies.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Rice, William
- Date of Issue
- 1998
- Publisher
- Colorado State University, Department of Earth Resources
- Units
- DINO
- Keywords
- alluvial and colluvial (AC), Aquatic Studies, conglomerate-sandstone (SS), evaporite (WSP), Hydrology (General), Inventory, ionic ratios, limestone and limestone-sandstone (LS), lithologies, mass-balance modeling, NCPN springs literature 2003, siltstone-shale-sandstone (SSh), Thesis, trilinear diagrams, Water Chemistry, Water Quality, Water Quantity, water sample, Wilcoxon rank sum test