Isotopic and ionic variations in glacier river water during three contrasting ablation seasons

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 523-539

  Theakstone, Wilfred H ^a   Knudsen, N Tvis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Austre Okstindbreen; Glacier drainage model; Glacier hydrology; Hydrochemistry; Ionic concentrations; 18O values

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; ICE; RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW;

ABLATION SEASONS; AUSTRE OKSTINDBREEN; BASEFLOW; GLACIER DRAINAGE MODEL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; IONIC VARIATIONS; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS;

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER DRAINAGE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONIC CONCENTRATION; RIVER WATER QUALITY;

NORWAY, AUSTRE OKSTINDBREEN;

EID: 0030114724     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199604)10:4<523::AID-HYP390>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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