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Precipitation and snowpack basal outflow event samples were analyzed for pH and NO3 and SO4 concentrations at a site near Lake Tahoe, California. The seasonal minimum pH from basal outflow was synchronous with a rain-on-snow event in 1984. Outflow pH reflected the low ionic concentrations of precipitation at the site. There was no evidence for a pulse of acidified meltwater at this site either during a mid-February melt induced by high air temperatures in 1985 or during 1984 or 1985 main spring melt periods. During the mid-February 1985 melt, however, an alkalinity pulse occurred in basal outflow.
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Berg, N. (1986). Snow Chemistry in the Central Sierra Nevada, California. In: Martin, H.C. (eds) Acidic Precipitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3385-9_102
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