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Water quality study of Lake Mead

Digital Scholarship@UNLV

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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 1967-11-01T08:00:00Z
Type technicalreport
Format application/pdf
Identifier https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/42 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/context/water_pubs/article/1047/viewcontent/JFLaBountyWaterQualityLakeMead_11_1967.pdf
Source Publications (WR)
Language English
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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