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Water quality study of Lake Mead

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Title Water quality study of Lake Mead
 
Creator Hoffman, Dale A.
Tramutt, Paul R.
Heller, Frank C.
Bureau of Reclamation
 
Description This report presents Lake Mead Water quality data obtained from 1964 to 1966. The effect of filling Lake Powell on the water quality of Lake Mead is evaluated. General limnological principles and the present limnology of Lake Mead are discussed. Lake Mead has a warm monomictic annual temperature cycle characterized by summer stratification, fall overturn leading into a continuous circulation throughout the winter; temperatures never fall below 39 deg F (4 deg C). During stratification, lower...
 
Date 1967-11-01
 
Type text
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/42
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=water_pubs
 
Source Publications (WR)
 
Publisher Digital Scholarship@UNLV
 
Subject Dissolved oxygen
Electrical conductance
Limnology
pH
Water temperature
Salinity
Water quality
Chemical analysis
Water analysis
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Ariz. and Nev.)
Winkler method
Dissolved carbon dioxide
Impoundments
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health and Protection
Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment
Environmental Monitoring
Fresh Water Studies
Natural Resources and Conservation
 
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