Isotope hydrograph separations and rapid delivery of pre-event water from drainage basins

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 16-41

  Buttle, J M ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; hydrograph separation; streamflow generation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; RUNOFF GENERATION; STREAMFLOW GENERATION;

EID: 0028190458     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913339401800102     Document Type: Article

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